The Girard College, Plate 5 from Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity
John Caspar Wild, American, 1804 - 1846
1838; published 1848
Hand colored lithograph on wove paper
Image: 5 1/4 × 6 7/8 in. (13.3 × 17.5 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 11 3/4 in. (23.2 × 29.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Class of 1895, Dartmouth Medical School, and H. Sheridan Baketel, M.D.
PR.951.92.5
Printer
John T. Bowen, Philadelphia
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on stone, upper right margin: Pl.5.; inscribed, on stone, lower center margin: Lith. of J.T. Bowen Ph.a [a in superscript] / THE GIRARD COLLEGE / Published by J.T. Bowen at his Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment, 94, Walnut S.t [t in superscript] Philad.a [a in superscript] / Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1840 by J.T. Brown in the Cl.s [s in superscript] for the E.n [n in superscript] D.t [t in superscript] of P.a [a in superscript]
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