| Creator |
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, engraver. |
| Contributor |
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, publisher. |
| Title |
New Lutheran Church, in Fourth Street Philadelphia [graphic] / Designed & Published by W. Birch Enamel Painter 1800. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia]: W. Birch |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1804 |
| Date |
[1804] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : engraving ; 29 x 40 cm. (11.5 x 16 in.) |
| Description |
Street scene based on a watercolor study by William Birch. Depicts Speaker of the House of Representatives, Frederick Augustus
Muhlenberg, on tour with a delegation of Native American men across from the second edifice of the New Zion Lutheran Church,
built on Fourth Street below Cherry Street 1795-1796. The first church building, erected 1766-1769 to accommodate the overflow
of the growing German congregation of St. Michael's Lutheran Church, was rebuilt in its original form following a fire in
1794. Scene also includes street and pedestrian traffic of a loaded horse-drawn dray and cart; and a laborer hauling a barrel
upon his back. Native American delegations visited the city to pay respect and to negotiate land treaties when Philadelphia
served as the nation's capitol. Muhlenberg lead a tour of several tribal groups in 1793.
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| Is part of |
City of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania North America; as it appeared in the year 1800. Second edition 1804 consisting
of twenty copper-plates.
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| Is referenced by |
Snyder, City of Independence 203. |
|
Snyder, "William Birch: His Philadelphia Views" 6b. |
| Notes |
Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982,
rev. 2000), pl. 6.
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LCP holds related watercolor study. (LCP P.9666). |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
| Subject |
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad, 1750-1801. |
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Zion--St. Michael's Lutheran Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Delegations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Indigenous peoples -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Fourth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 100 block. |
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Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Tours. |
| Genre |
Engravings -- 1790-1800. |
| Printer |
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Birch, William-Views of Philadelphia [Sn 6b/P.2276.12] |
| Accession number |
P.2276.12 |
