Photo, Print, Drawing Girard College, Main Building, Philadelphia. Girard college. Main building
About this Item
Title
- Girard College, Main Building, Philadelphia.
Other Title
- Girard college. Main building
Summary
- This print is a view of Founder's Hall, Girard College, Philadelphia, issued in around 1835 as a souvenir of the building while it was under construction. The text at bottom announces: "Girard College. Main Building. Now erecting near Philadelphia under the superintendence of T.U. Walter, Esq." The building was designed in the Greek Revival style by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter and constructed in 1833-47. It occupied a site between what became Girard Avenue and Ridge Avenue at Corinthian Avenue. Small figures are seen in front of the building, emphasizing its great size. Girard College was established through a bequest from Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia financier and philanthropist, for the creation of a school for poor white male orphans. The illustration is by George Lehman (circa 1800--70), a Swiss-born landscape artist and lithographer, who in 1824 immigrated to the United States with his family, several of whom were also stonecutters.
Names
- Lehman, George, circa 1800-1870 Artist.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : Lehman & Duval, 1835.
Headings
- - United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - 1835
- - Girard College
- - Lithographs
- - Neoclassicism (Architecture)
- - Orphans
- - Poor persons
- - Schools
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Digital catalog number: POS 309"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 26 x 31 centimeters.
- - Reference extracted from World Digital Library: George Lehman, Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary, Library Company of Philadelphia, http://www.lcpdigital.org.|Philadelphia External on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers, http://www.librarycompany.org/pos/posdictionary.htm. 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
- 2021670210
Online Format
- compressed data
- image