| Creator |
W. Birch & Son. |
| Contributor |
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834. |
|
Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851, artist. |
|
Seymour, Samuel, 1796-1823, engraver. |
|
R. Campbell & Co., distributor. |
| Title |
Arch Street, with the Second Presbyterian Church [graphic] / Drawn, engraved & published by W. Birch & Son; Sold by R. Campbell
& Co. No. 30 Chesnut [sic] St. Philada.
|
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : W. Birch & Son |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1799 |
| Date |
1799 |
| Physical Description |
1 print : hand-colored engraving ; sheet 33 x 40 cm (12.75 x 15.5 in.) |
| Description |
Street scene showing Arch Street between Third and Fourth Streets including the Second Presbyterian Church. Depicts many well-dressed
white men and women pedestrians walking down the sidewalks, a horse-drawn carriage and cart traveling up the cobblestone street,
and an African American boy leaning against a lamp post upon which a saddled horse is hitched. The Second Presbyterian church,
ministered by New Light Gilbert Tennent, was built between 1750 and 1753 after the split between the Old and New Light Presbyterians.
It was demolished around 1838.
|
| Is part of |
City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, North America, as it appeared in the year 1800. |
| Is referenced by |
Snyder, City of Independence 202 |
|
Snyder, "William Birch: His Philadelphia Views" 5a |
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's views of Philadelphia. (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982,
rev. 2000), pl. 5.
|
|
LCP copy has a large vertical crease down the center of the print. |
|
Accessioned 1979. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
|
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
| Subject |
Second Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
African American boys -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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African American children -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Lampposts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Arch Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- northwest corner of Third. |
| Genre |
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1790-1800. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Birch's views [Sn 5/P.2276.9] |
| Accession number |
Sn 5/P.2276.9 |
|
P.2276.9 |
