| Creator |
W. Birch & Son. |
| Contributor |
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834 |
|
Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851 artist. |
|
Seymour, Samuel, 1796-1823, engraver. |
|
Smith, Robert, 1722-1777 architect. |
|
R. Campbell & Co., publisher. |
| Title |
Alms House in Spruce Street Philadelphia [graphic] / Drawn, Engraved & Published by W. Birch & Son ; Sold by R. Campbell &
Co. No. 30 Chesnut [sic] Philada.
|
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: W. Birch & Son |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1799 |
| Date |
1799 |
| Physical Description |
1 print: engraving; 33 x 40 cm.(13 x 15.5 in.) |
| Description |
Street scene on Spruce Street between Tenth and Eleventh streets with a view of the Almshouse and House of Employment, built
after the designs of Philadelphia architect Robert Smith, in 1767. In the foreground, three men capture a pig escaped from
a nearby horse-drawn cart transporting swine. The Alms House provided shelter to indigents incapable of labor, while the House
of Employment housed the poor able to work. The inmates predominately manufactured textiles. The houses were razed in 1835,
superseded by the Blockley Almshouse in West Philadelphia.
|
| 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 223. |
|
Snyder, "William Birch: His Philadelphia Views" 25. |
| 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. 25.
|
| Subject |
Almshouse and House of Employment (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Almshouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Swine -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia |
| Geographic subject |
Spruce Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1000 block. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Birch's views [Sn 25/P.2276.58] |
| Accession number |
P.2276.58 |
