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[Small private cottage, possibly for the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic]
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Visual Materials PEW/PAH/4/2/1
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- Format:
- Image
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- cottages.
- Psychiatric hospitals--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Local Subjects:
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Physical Description:
- 2 drawings : pencil or ink with watercolor on paper ; 49 x 39 cm. or smaller
- Contained In:
- Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) Architectural drawings and prints.
- Place of Publication:
- ca. 1845.
- Notes:
- Drawing PEW/PAH/4/2/1 includes a background landscape of tall trees, shrubbery, and flowering vines. The elaborately rendered background does not appear to have been executed by the same hand that produced the techanical drawing, PEW/PAH/4/3/1. Drawing PEW/PAH/4/2/1 includes a front elevation and plan, while drawing PEW/PAH/4/3/1 includes three elevations and a plan.
- Drawing PEW/PAH/4/3/1 has watermark of J. Whatman, Turkey Mill.
- Forms part of: Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) Architectural drawings and prints.
- Finding Aid/Index:
- Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) Architectural drawings collection [inventory] [1991] folder level control.
- Cited as:
- Athenaeum copy: Pennsylvania Hospital architectural drawings collection on loan to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, with the support of the Pew Charitable Trusts through its Museum Loan Program.
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