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[Back of the State House, Philadelphia] [graphic] / Drawn engraved & published by W. Birch & Son; Sold by R. Campbell & Co. No. 30 Chestnut Street Philada.
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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
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