| Creator |
W. Birch & Son. |
| Contributor |
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834. |
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Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851, artist. |
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Seymour, Samuel, 1796-1823, engraver. |
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Smith, Robert, 1722-1777, architect. |
|
R. Campbell & Co., publisher. |
| Title |
Goal, in Walnut Street Philadelphia [graphic] / Drawn & engraved by W. Birch & Son. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Published by R. Campbell & Co. No. 30 Chesnut [sic] Street |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1799 |
| Date |
1799 |
| Physical Description |
1 print : hand-colored engraving mounted on paper ; sheet 33 x 40 cm (13 x 15.5 in.) |
| Description |
Active street scene at Sixth and Walnut streets with a view of the Walnut Street Jail, completed in 1776, after the designs
of Philadelphia architect Robert Smith. Depicts several individuals, including a child, lining Sixth Street witnessing a large
wood shed on wheels, possibly the first edifice of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, being moved by a team of
horses. A dog runs in the street and another sits next to a spectator in the right foreground. The prison closed and was razed
in 1835, the prisoners relocated to Moyamensing Prison. The first edifice of Bethel Church, a former blacksmith shop, was
transported to Sixth and Lombard streets.
|
| 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 222 |
|
Snyder, "William Birch: His Philadelphia Views" 24 |
| 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. 24.
|
|
Accessioned 1979. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
| Subject |
Walnut Street Prison (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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African Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings. |
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Dogs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Moving of structures -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Prisons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Walnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- at Sixth Street. |
| Printer |
R. Campbell & Co., publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Birch's views [Sn 24/P.2276.56] |
| Accession number |
Sn 24/P.2276.56 |
|
P.2276.56 |
