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Back of the State House, Philadelphia [graphic] / Designed & Published by W. Birch Enamel Painter 1800.

By:

Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834

Contributor(s):

Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834 [publisher.]

Material type:

PictureSeries: City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, North America, as it appeared in the year 1800Publication details: Philadelphia: W. Birch, [1828].; PA. Philadelphia. Edition: Fourth edition, plate 7Description: 1 print : engraving on japanese paper ; mount 32 x 36 cm. (12.75 x 14.5 in.)Notes: Artist's proof.References: Snyder, City of Independence 220.References: Snyder, "William Birch: His Views" 22a.Local Notes: Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: the Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 22;
Retrospective conversion record: original entry edited;
Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.Local Added Entry - Personal Name: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, publisher.Imprint: PA. Philadelphia. 1828.Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Engravings -- 1820-1830.

Summary: View of the courtyard and rear of the State House, with mason tall case clock visible on the west wall. Several visitors utilize the grounds, including a delegation of Native Americans on tour, strolling couples, women promenading, and boys playing near a grove of trees. In the background, stand the American Philosophical Hall (completed in 1789); the site of the Library Company of Philadelphia, Library Hall (completed in 1791); and guard houses. Also visible in signage for Peale's Museum, housed in American Philosophical Hall between 1794 and 1811.

List(s) this item appears in: Library Company Buildings : Graphic Materials

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 7 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Visual Material	Library Company of Philadelphia Graphic Arts Department	Graphic Arts - Women's History	Birch's views [Sn 22c/P.2276.51]	Available		126713

Total holds: 0

Artist's proof.

Snyder, City of Independence 220.

Snyder, "William Birch: His Views" 22a.

View of the courtyard and rear of the State House, with mason tall case clock visible on the west wall. Several visitors utilize the grounds, including a delegation of Native Americans on tour, strolling couples, women promenading, and boys playing near a grove of trees. In the background, stand the American Philosophical Hall (completed in 1789); the site of the Library Company of Philadelphia, Library Hall (completed in 1791); and guard houses. Also visible in signage for Peale's Museum, housed in American Philosophical Hall between 1794 and 1811.

Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: the Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 22.

Retrospective conversion record: original entry edited.

Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.