American School 19th century View of the Girard Avenue Meeting House, circa 1871

Signed, "Wm. Martin, Jr.", watercolor and crayon on paper, numerous paper gallery labels on verso, including: American/ Folk Art Gallery/ New York, N.Y.; Frank S. Schwarz & Son/ Philadelphia; and typed note recording exhibition at Pittsburgh University 10/39/ The Downtown Gallery," framed.

9 3/4 in. x 13 5/8 in. (sight)

Note

The Girard Avenue Meeting House was constructed at the NW corner of 17th Street and Girard Avenue in 1871 and served as the Girard Avenue Friends School from 1872-1924. After 1924, the building was used by a variety of charitable organizations and for occasional Quaker meetings and worship, the building was sold in 1939.

Exhibition and Publication History:

Pittsburgh University, "The Downtown Gallery," October, 1939
Illustrated, Schwarz Gallery, American Watercolors and Pastels: The Philadelphia Collection XLVII (Nov. 1991),
plate 8, and Schwarz Gallery, American Works on Paper: The Philadelphia Collection LXIX (2002), plate 30.

Provenance

Edith Halpert, Downtown Gallery, American Folk Art Gallery, 113 W. 13th St., New York, 1930s

Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A Philadelphia collection.