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Philadelphia Library in 1800.-Built 1790. [graphic].

By:

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

Contributor(s):

Thornton, William, 1759-1828 [architect.]

Material type:

PicturePublication details: [Philadelphia] : [John McAllister], [1860]Description: 1 print : engraving with pencil and watercolor ; sheet 12 x 18 cm (4.5 x 7 in.)Notes: Title from item;
Date inferred from content and attributed publisher;
Incorrectly inscribed on recto below image: Pat Lyons Blacksmith Shop;
Inscribed on three buildings in image: Brick;
Inscribed on recto: m3775; $30.References: See Snyder, "William Birch: His Philadelphia Views" 41cLocal Notes: Cataloging and digitization made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025;
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited;
Gift of Albert Boni.Imprint: PA. Philadelphia. 1860.Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Summary: Altered image of the Library Company of Philadelphia from John A. McAllister's circa 1860 restrike of the "First plate of four subjects for Birch's Philadelphia" originally included in the 1828 fourth edition of William Birch's "Views of Philadelphia. Image altered in pencil to also include depiction of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and adjoining buildings as rendered in plate 19, "Library and Surgeons Hall, in Fifth Street Philadelphia," from Birch's "Views of Philadelphia." Shows Fifth Street above Walnut Street including the halls of the Library Company (built 1790) and the School of Medicine (built 1792). Also depicts a patron leaving the Palladian-style red brick library building and a blacksmith working in his shop. The Library Company, established by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731, remained at the hall designed by Dr. William Thornton until 1880; the building razed in 1887. Surgeons or Anatomical Hall served as a lecture room and chemistry laboratory for the University's medical students until 1807.

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

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 10 )

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 - Early American Economy & Society Collection	Ph Pr - 8 x 10 - Libraries - Library Company [8114.F.6]	Available		131035

Total holds: 0

Title from item.

Date inferred from content and attributed publisher.

Incorrectly inscribed on recto below image: Pat Lyons Blacksmith Shop.

Inscribed on three buildings in image: Brick.

Inscribed on recto: m3775; $30.

Altered image of the Library Company of Philadelphia from John A. McAllister's circa 1860 restrike of the "First plate of four subjects for Birch's Philadelphia" originally included in the 1828 fourth edition of William Birch's "Views of Philadelphia. Image altered in pencil to also include depiction of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and adjoining buildings as rendered in plate 19, "Library and Surgeons Hall, in Fifth Street Philadelphia," from Birch's "Views of Philadelphia." Shows Fifth Street above Walnut Street including the halls of the Library Company (built 1790) and the School of Medicine (built 1792). Also depicts a patron leaving the Palladian-style red brick library building and a blacksmith working in his shop. The Library Company, established by Benjamin Franklin and his Junto in 1731, remained at the hall designed by Dr. William Thornton until 1880; the building razed in 1887. Surgeons or Anatomical Hall served as a lecture room and chemistry laboratory for the University's medical students until 1807.

See Snyder, "William Birch: His Philadelphia Views" 41c

Cataloging and digitization made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.

Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.

Gift of Albert Boni.