Photo, Print, Drawing Friends' Alms-House.
About this Item
Title
- Friends' Alms-House.
Summary
- This print shows an exterior view of the front of the almshouse located on the south side of Walnut Street between 3rd and 4th Streets, Philadelphia. The building was constructed in 1745 by the Religious Society of Friends, the Protestant religious sect known as the Quakers, and it was taken down in 1841. It was intended to house destitute members of the Society of Friends and also sometimes admitted poverty-stricken people of other denominations. The print is by Thomas S. Sinclair (circa 1805--81), who was born in the Orkney Islands of Scotland and was active in Philadelphia by 1833, where he soon had his own business and was one of the first local printmakers to experiment with color lithography. In this print he may have been working from artwork by William L. Breton.
Names
- Sinclair, Thomas S., circa 1805-1881 Lithographer.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : Lithography of T. Sinclair, 1841.
Headings
- - United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - 1745 to 1841
- - Almshouses
- - Friends' Almshouse (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- - Lithographs
- - Older people
- - Poor persons
- - Society of Friends
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Digital catalog number: POS 282"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 22 x 29.5 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
- - Content in English.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Philadelphia on Stone
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021670346
Online Format
- compressed data
- image