Item Info
Item No: pdcc00597
Title: Panorama. Philadelphia.
Media Type:
Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Bird's eye view from the State House Steeple looking over Independence Square towards South Philadelphia. Notable landmarks are identified in a numbered key below print as 1 Navy Yard, 2 Shot Tower, 3 Philadelphia County Prison, 4 Albert Barnes Church, 5 Pennsylvania Hospital, 6 Washington Square, 7 Independence Square. Sailboats are shown on the Delaware River, in the distance.
Creation Year: 1838
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.7
Creator Name: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), approximately 1804-1846 - Artist
Wild & Chevalier - Lithographer
Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler