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Lithograph of the U.S. Naval Asylum with four figures outside the building. The asylum is three stories with a central portico. At least 15 stairs lead up to the portico with eight ionic columns. A similar building is in the background. Frame: 1 1/2 in. gilt frame.
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Unidentified Paper
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Printed beneath print: ""On stone by J.C. Wild Lith of Wild and Chevalier 72 Dock St Phila/ Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1838, by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier in the clerk's office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylva./ Pl.?""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
U.S. Naval Asylum
Wild, J. C. (Maker)
Chevalier, J. B. (Maker)
Philadelphia, PA, USA
10.125 x 12.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.373
Pennsylvania (United States)
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