Légende

United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. The State Penitentiary. It was built between 1823-1836 after the designs of the architect John Haviland (1792-1852) and opened in an unfinished state in 1829. Engraving by Traversier. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amérique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850.

Date

03 juil. 2018

Crédit

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Notre référence

UMG24A04_362

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

29,8Mo (728,4Ko) / 43,2cm x 17,3cm / 5100 x 2039 (300dpi)

Mots clés

watchtower 19th century America American American Continent American Revolution Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania Eastern State Penitentiary Haviland John Haviland Lemaitre Neo-Gothic North America North American Pennsylvania Pennsylvania System Philadelphia Reformation State Penitentiary Traversier USA United States United States of America access access door architecture battlement battlemented battlements building doorway engraving entrance facade gate history jail lookout tower method neogothic panoramic penal penitence penitentiary people prison prison reform prison system prisoner punishment society style surveillance system tower turret vigilance wall walled watchtower