Moyamensing Prison, Plate 9 from Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity

John Caspar Wild, American, 1804 - 1846

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1838; published 1848

Hand colored lithograph on wove paper

Image: 5 1/8 × 6 7/8 in. (13 × 17.5 cm)

Sheet: 9 1/8 × 11 7/8 in. (23.1 × 30.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Class of 1895, Dartmouth Medical School, and H. Sheridan Baketel, M.D.

PR.951.92.9

Printer

John T. Bowen, Philadelphia

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, on stone, upper right: Pl. 9; inscribed, on stone, lower center margin: Lith. of J.T. Bowen, Phil.a [a in superscript] / MOYAMENSING PRISON / Published by J.T. Bowen at his Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment, 94, Walnut S.t [t in superscript], Phil.a [a in superscript] / Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1840 by J.T. Bowen in the Clerk's Off.e [e in superscript] of the D.t [t in superscript] C.t [t in superscript] for the E.n [n in superscript] D.t [t in superscript] of P.a [a in superscript]

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