Photo, Print, Drawing Portico Square.
About this Item
Title
- Portico Square.
Summary
- This print is a view of the brick row houses, also known as Portico Row, built in 1833--35 at 900--930 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, also known as Portico Square, after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-87). Tenants of the row over the years included the Philadelphia High School for Young Ladies (1836--41), Commodore Isaac Hull (1842--43), and author Sarah Josepha Hale (1859--61). The print, which was published as the frontispiece to Philadelphia High School for Young Ladies (Philadelphia, 1837), also shows surrounding dwellings north and south of Spruce Street. Philadelphia High School for Young Ladies was a private school, established circa 1830, which provided students with an education based on religious principles, including courses in art, languages, and sciences. The illustration is by George Lehman (circa 1800--70), a Swiss-born landscape artist, engraver, 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 Lithographer.
- Rosienkiewicz, Martin Artist.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : Lehman & Duval Lithographers, 1837.
Headings
- - United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - 1837
- - Cities and towns
- - Lithographs
- - Philadelphia High School for Young Ladies
- - Schools
- - Street scenes
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Digital catalog number: POS 617"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 17 x 15 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
- 2021670217
Online Format
- compressed data
- image