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Details
Creator W. Birch & Son.
Contributor Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851
Seymour, Samuel, 1796-1823, engraver.
R. Campbell & Co., distributor.
Title [Back of the State House, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Drawn engraved & published by W. Birch & Son; Sold by R. Campbell & Co. No. 30 Chestnut Street Philada.
Publisher Philadelphia: W. Birch & Son
Publisher PA. Philadelphia 1799
Date 1799
Physical Description 1 print : engraving mounted on paper; 33 x 39 cm. (13 x 15.5 in.)
Description View of the courtyard and rear of the State House with the mason tall case clock visible on the west wall. Several visitors utilize the grounds including a delegation of Native Americans on tour, strolling couples, women promenading, and boys playing near a grove of trees. In the background, stand the American Philosophical Hall (completed in 1789); the site of the Library Company of Philadelphia, Library Hall (completed in1791); and guard houses. Also visible is signage for Peale's Museum, housed in American Philosophical Hall between 1794 and 1811.
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 220.
Snyder,"William Birch: His Views" 22a.
Notes Print trimmed.
Title from duplicate print.
Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 22.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
American Philosophical Society -- Buildings.
Library Company of Philadelphia -- Buildings.
City & town halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Courtyards -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 500 block.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Birch's views [Sn 22a/P.2276.49]
Accession number P.2276.49