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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 [engraver.]

Contributor(s):

McAllister, John, 1786-1877 [publisher.]

Material type:

PicturePublication details: [Philadelphia : John McAllister , 1860]; PA. Philadelphia. Edition: McAllister restrike, plate 2Description: 1 print : engraving ; sheet 32 x 39 cm (12.75 x 15.5 in.)Notes: Inscribed: 2.References: Snyder, The City of Independence 220.References: Snyder, "William Birch: his Views" 22d.Local Notes: Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 22;
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Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.Local Added Entry - Personal Name: McAllister, John, 1786-1877, publisher.Imprint: PA. Philadelphia. 1860.Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Engravings -- 1850-1860.

Summary: View of the courtyard and rear of the State House, with the 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 1789); the site of the Libray Company of Philadelphia, Library Hall (completed in 1791); and guard houses. Also visible is signage for Peale's museum housed in the 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 22d/8424.F.25]	Available		126715

Total holds: 0

Inscribed: 2.

Snyder, The City of Independence 220.

Snyder, "William Birch: his Views" 22d.

View of the courtyard and rear of the State House, with the 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 1789); the site of the Libray Company of Philadelphia, Library Hall (completed in 1791); and guard houses. Also visible is signage for Peale's museum housed in the 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.