| Creator |
W. Birch & Son. |
| Contributor |
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834 |
|
Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851 artist. |
|
Seymour, Samuel, 1796-1823, engraver. |
|
R. Campbell & Co., publisher. |
| Title |
State-House garden, Philadelphia [graphic] / Drawn & Engraved by W. Birch & Son. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: Published by R. Campbell & Co., No. 30 Chesnut [sic] Street |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1798 |
| Date |
1798 |
| Physical Description |
1 print : engraving, hand-colored; 33 x 40 cm. (13 x 16 in.) |
| Description |
View showing the well-patronized garden enclosed by a brick wall with a tall gateway with wooden doors on Walnut Street at
the rear of the State House. Depicts several individuals at leisure, walking, sitting on a bench, and conversing on the grounds
landscaped with trees. The garden grounds purchased in 1760, enclosed in 1770 (the gate given by legislator and State House
trustee Joseph Fox), was landscaped under the direction of visiting Jamaican trader and American Philosophical Society member
Samuel Vaughan around 1784.
|
| 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 221. |
|
Snyder, "William Birch: His Philadelphia Views" 23. |
| Notes |
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982,
rev. 2000), pl. 23.
|
| Subject |
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Leisure -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Walnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 500 block -- north side. |
| Genre |
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1790-1800. |
| Printer |
R. Campbell & Co., publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Birch's views [Sn 23/P.2276.53] |
| Accession number |
P.2276.53 |
