Creator |
W. Birch & Son. |
Contributor |
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834 |
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Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851 engraver. |
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Seymour, Samuel, 1796-1823, engraver. |
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R. Campbell & Co., distributor. |
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Evans, David, Jr., fl. 1794-1806, architect. |
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Rhoads, Samuel, 1711-1784, architect. |
Title |
Pennsylvania Hospital, in Pine Street Philadelphia [graphic] / Drawn, engraved & published by W. Birch & Son ; Sold by R.
Campbell & Co. No. 30 Chesnut [sic] Street Philada.
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Publisher |
Philadelphia: W. Birch & Son |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1799 |
Date |
1799 |
Physical Description |
1 print: engraving, hand-colored; 33 x 39 cm.(13 x 15.5 in.) |
Description |
View showing the first hospital in the United States on Pine Street between Eighth and Ninth streets, built between 1755 and
1805 from the designs of Philadelphia architects, Samuel Rhoads, and David Evans, Jr. In the foreground, pedestrians walk
near the brick fence enclosing the multi-winged hospital, and a man in a military uniform settles his bucking horse.
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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 224. |
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Snyder, "William Birch: His Philadelphia Views" 26a. |
Notes |
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982,
rev. 2000), pl. 26.
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Subject |
Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Military personnel -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Pine Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 800 block. |
Genre |
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1790-1800. |
Associated name |
Evans, David, Jr., fl. 1794-1806, architect. |
Associated name |
Rhoads, Samuel, 1711-1784, architect. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Birch's views [Sn 26a/P.2276.60] |
Accession number |
P.2276.60 |