COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
01120
accession_no
01120
Accession number
false
Record number:
01120-1
record_number
01120-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E763 L651s
jcb_call_no
E763 L651s
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Plan of the Philadelphia prison]
image_title
[Plan of the Philadelphia prison]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[chez Gabon ... Fuchs ... Desénne ...]
image_publisher
[chez Gabon ... Fuchs ... Desénne ...]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1800]
image_date
[1800]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 13, following p. [44]
image_function
fold-out plate; vol. 13, following p. [44]
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
37 cm.
image_dimensions_height
37 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
17 cm.
image_dimensions_width
17 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
19 cm.
page_dimensions_height
19 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
39.8 cm.
page_dimensions_width
39.8 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Plan of a prison with all areas numbered and lettered for identification in key on facing page.
description
Plan of a prison with all areas numbered and lettered for identification in key on facing page.
Description
false
Source creator:
Turnbull, Robert J. (Robert James), 1775-1833
source_creator
Turnbull, Robert J. (Robert James), 1775-1833
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Visit to the Philadelphia prison. French] Visite a la prison de Philadelphie...
source_title
[Visit to the Philadelphia prison. French] Visite a la prison de Philadelphie...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
chez Gabon libraire près les Ecoles de Médecine. : Fuchs libraire rue des Mathurins. : Desénne libraire au Palais-Egalité
source_publisher
chez Gabon libraire près les Ecoles de Médecine. : Fuchs libraire rue des Mathurins. : Desénne libraire au Palais-Egalité
Source publisher
false
Source date:
l'an VIII. [1800]
source_date
l'an VIII. [1800]
Source date
false
notes:
The new Walnut Street jail became the first American penitentiary (a building meant to inspire penitence). After 1790, due to reforms, the prison became a showplace for humane treatment of prisoners. For the first time, sexes and ages were segregated, and solitary confinement was used as a punishment. But soon it, too, succumbed to overcrowding, and conditions deteriorated.Translation of A visit to the Philadelphia prison, originally published in 1796, in the Charleston daily gazette.Bound as 3rd pamphlet in v. 13 of collection with binder's title: Mélanges sur l'Amérique.Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
The new Walnut Street jail became the first American penitentiary (a building meant to inspire penitence). After 1790, due to reforms, the prison became a showplace for humane treatment of prisoners. For the first time, sexes and ages were segregated, and solitary confinement was used as a punishment. But soon it, too, succumbed to overcrowding, and conditions deteriorated.Translation of A visit to the Philadelphia prison, originally published in 1796, in the Charleston daily gazette.Bound as 3rd pamphlet in v. 13 of collection with binder's title: Mélanges sur l'Amérique.Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
http://history.acus… (June 2006)
references_
http://history.acusd.edu/gen/soc/prison.html (June 2006)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1846.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1846.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Correctional institutions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject_heads
Correctional institutions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Prisons--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
subject_heads
Prisons--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Walnut Street Prison (Philadelphia, Pa.)
subject_heads
Walnut Street Prison (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Subject headings
false