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Photo, Print, Drawing Pennsylvania Hall.

About this Item

Title

  • Pennsylvania Hall.

Summary

  • This print is an exterior view of the abolitionist meeting place and adjacent buildings at Sixth and Haines Streets in Philadelphia. Several pedestrians stroll the sidewalks. A carriage and horse-drawn cart pass by on the street. The hall, erected in 1838 as an arena for "free discussion," was set aflame by hostile mobs on May 17, 1838, after three days of dedication ceremonies and services involving both free blacks and white abolitionists. The ruins of the building continued to stand until the Odd Fellows Society built a hall on the lot in 1846. The illustration has been attributed to John Caspar Wild (circa 1804--46), a Swiss-born artist and lithographer who produced paintings and prints of Philadelphia and other American cities. It was probably printed by the firm of Wild & Chevalier. The print was published in Samuel Webb's History of Pennsylvania Hall (Philadelphia, 1838), the last page of which contained an advertisement for a limited supply of larger unframed versions of the plate to be sold at the Anti-Slavery Office, located at 29 North 9th Street, Philadelphia.

Names

  • Stewart, Thomas Somerville, 1806-1889 Contributor.
  • Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), circa 1804-1846 Attributed Name.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Lithography of Wild & Chevalier, 1838.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1838
  • -  Antislavery movements
  • -  Carriages and carts
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Horse-drawn vehicles
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Pennsylvania Hall (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • -  Street scenes

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 557"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored ; 15 x 21 centimeters.
  • -  Reference extracted from World Digital Library: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers, http://www.librarycompany.org/pos/posdictionary.htm.|John External Caspar Wild, Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary, Library Company of Philadelphia, http://www.lcpdigital.org. External
  • -  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

  • 2021670218

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Stewart, Thomas Somerville, Contributor, and J. C Wild. Pennsylvania Hall. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1838. Philadelphia: Lithography of Wild & Chevalier. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670218/.

APA citation style:

Stewart, T. S. & Wild, J. C. (1838) Pennsylvania Hall. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1838. Philadelphia: Lithography of Wild & Chevalier. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670218/.

MLA citation style:

Stewart, Thomas Somerville, Contributor, and J. C Wild. Pennsylvania Hall. Philadelphia: Lithography of Wild & Chevalier. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670218/>.