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Jail in Walnut Street Philadelphia [graphic] / Designed Engraved & Published by W. Birch, Enamel Painter.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A13356
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Creator
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834.
Title
Jail in Walnut Street Philadelphia [graphic] / Designed Engraved & Published by W. Birch, Enamel Painter.
Publisher
[Philadelphia]: W. Birch
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1804
Date
[(1804]
Physical Description
1 print: engraving, hand-colored; 29 x 34 cm.(11.5 x 13.5 in.)
Description
View of the front facade of the Walnut Street Prison, built in 1776 at Sixth and Walnut streets, possibly after the designs of Philadelphia architect Robert Smith. Depicts a group of individuals passing a water pump on the sidewalk in front of the jail. The prison was closed and razed in 1835, the prisoners removed to Moyamensing prison.
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" 35.
Notes
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject
Walnut Street Prison (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Prisons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Water pumps -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Walnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- at Sixth Street.
Genre
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1800-1810.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Birch's views [Sn 35/P.2276.70]
Accession number
P.2276.70
In Collections
William Russell Birch Views of Philadelphia
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