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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 35 x 42 cm (14 x 16.75 in.)Notes: Inscribed: 2.References: Snyder, 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;
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited;
Originally part of a scrapbook of McAllister restrikes;
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 Library Company of Philadelphia, Library Hall (completed 1791); and guard houses. Also visible in the background is 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 ( 8 )

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/2569.Q.2]	Available		126717

Total holds: 0

Inscribed: 2.

Snyder, 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 Library Company of Philadelphia, Library Hall (completed 1791); and guard houses. Also visible in the background is 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 .

Originally part of a scrapbook of McAllister restrikes.

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