Pennsylvania Hospital art related records
name: label: Creator
content: Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)
label: Names
content: Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
label: Names
content: Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828
label: Names
content: Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
label: Names
content: Traquair, James, 1756-1811
label: Names
content: West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 -- Christ healing the sick
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel P24 microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955. Material on P87 lent for microfilming 1955, by the Pennsylvania Hospital.
creator: label: Creator
content: Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (partial microfilm reels)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1760-1884
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pennhosp
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels P24 (fr. 436-526) & P87 (fr. 1-149) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel P87: Originals in the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL P24: Visitors' book to Benjamin West's painting "Christ Healing the Sick," and related correspondence and printed material, 1817.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL P87: Minutes and excerpts relating to American art and artists; correspondence with Benjamin West; material relating to the loan and donation of art works from West, Thomas Sully, James Traquair and others, Gilbert Stuart and Charles Willson Peale deciding where to hang West's painting "Christ Healing the Sick," the commission of art works, and the facilities for exhibiting work at the hospital.