Details
Creator Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834.
Title Old State House, Congress Hall and Town Hall, Chesnut [sic] Street Philadelphia [graphic] / Designed and Published by W. Birch, Enamel Painter.
Publisher [Philadelphia]: W. Birch
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1804
Date [1804]
Physical Description 1 print: engraving; 31 x 39 cm.(12.25 x 15.25 in.)
Description Street scene on Chestnut Street below Sixth Street with views of Independence Hall (completed in 1748), and the adjacent Congress Hall (Town Hall), completed in 1789 as a county courthouse, and used by Congress from 1790 to 1800. Depicts several men convened outside Congress Hall; couples strolling the sidewalk; and horse-drawn carriages, a man on horseback, and a boy with a dog traversing the street. Includes view of the building originally built as a city hall, and used as the seat of the Supreme Court from 1790 to 1800.
Is part of City of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania North America; as it appeared in the year 1800. Second edition 1804 consisting of twenty copper-plates.
Is referenced by Snyder, "William Birch: His Philadelphia Views" 33.
Notes Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Congress Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Public buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 500 block.
Genre Engravings -- 1800-1810.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Birch's views [Sn 33/P.2276.69]
Accession number P.2276.69