Creator |
W. Birch & Son. |
Contributor |
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834 publisher. |
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Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851 artist. |
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Seymour, Samuel, 1796-1823, engraver. |
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Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820 architect. |
Title |
Bank of Pennsylvania, South Second Street Philadelphia [graphic] / Drawn, engraved & published by W. Birch & Son, Neshaminy
Bridge.
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Publisher |
[Philadelphia]: W. Birch & Son |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1800 |
Date |
[1800] |
Physical Description |
1 print: engraving; 33 x 40 cm.(13 x 15.5 in.) |
Description |
View showing the second edifice of the Bank of Pennsylvania (established 1780), built between 1798 and 1801, after the designs
of architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, on South Second Street above Walnut Street. Includes views of the mansion of Jewish merchant
David Franks, and the City Tavern (opened in 1773) used as a tavern, banquet hall, and merchant's exchange by colonial Americans,
including the Continental Congress. Depicts individuals walking the sidewalks, including a man with a handcart, and several
patrons gathered outside the tavern. The first American building built in the Greek Revival style, the bank was razed in 1867.
The tavern, razed in 1854, was reconstructed for the Bicentennial.
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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 225. |
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Snyder, "William Birch: His Philadelphia Views" 27a. |
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. 27.
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Subject |
Bank of Pennsylvania. |
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City Tavern (Restaurant) |
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Banks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Taverns (Inns) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Second Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 134-136. |
Genre |
Engravings -- 1790-1800. |
Associated name |
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820 architect. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Birch's views[Sn 27a/P.2276.62] |
Accession number |
P.2276.62 |