Photo, Print, Drawing Panorama of Philadelphia from the State House Steeple. West.

Title

• Panorama of Philadelphia from the State House Steeple. West.

Summary

• This print is a panoramic view of Philadelphia as seen looking west toward West Philadelphia past the Schuylkill River. It mainly shows the area of the city between Arch Street and Gray's Ferry Avenue. Printed below the image is a partial key to eight of 15 (1-4, 8-12) landmarks visible in the print: (1) U.S. Naval Asylum; (2) [Blockley] Alms House; (3) Peale's Museum; (4) Walnut Street Theatre; (5) Cook's Circus, i.e., Thomas Cooke's equestrian circus; (6) Saint John's Church, i.e., Saint John the Evangelist Church; (7) Saint Stephen's Church; (8) University of Pennsylvania; (9) [Beck's] Shot Tower; (10) Institute for the Blind; (11) Water Works, Fairmount; (12) [Thomas T.] Waterman's Church, i.e., Arch Street Presbyterian Church; (13) Eastern Penitentiary; (14) Arcade; and (15) Chestnut Street Theatre. Also seen are part of Independence Square, Congress Hall, the Marshall House Hotel, residences, and the rooftops of several city blocks. The print is Plate 3 of four panoramas originally issued as Panorama of Philadelphia: Views taken from the State House Steeple by the Philadelphia firm of J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier. Originally published by Wild & Chevalier in August 1838 to augment their five-part subscription series of 20 views, the prints sold for 25 cents each, or $1 for the set of four. John Caspar Wild (circa 1804--46) was a Swiss-born artist and lithographer, who arrived in Philadelphia from Paris in 1832. He produced numerous prints and paintings of Philadelphia and other American cities.

Names

• Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), circa 1804-1846 Artist.

Created / Published

• Philadelphia : J.T. Bowen, 1838.

Headings

• -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• -  1838
• -  Almshouses
• -  Arcade Building (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• -  Beck's Shot Tower (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• -  Blockley Almshouse
• -  Cities and towns
• -  Congress Hall (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• -  Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania
• -  Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• -  Hotels
• -  Lithographs
• -  Museums
• -  Panoramic views
• -  Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind
• -  Prisons
• -  Rest homes
• -  Theaters
• -  United States Naval Home, Pennsylvania
• -  Universities and colleges
• -  University of Pennsylvania
• -  Waterworks

Notes

• -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
• -  "Digital catalog number: POS 542.d.2"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
• -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph ; 22 x 32 centimeters.
• -  Reference extracted from World Digital Library: Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary, Library Company of Philadelphia, 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

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.9478

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2021670402

Online Format

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• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2021670402

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