[Small private cottage, possibly for the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic]

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

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.