Creator |
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834 artist. |
Contributor |
PA. Philadelphia. 1808. |
Title |
[Andalusia] [graphic]. |
Date |
[ca. 1808] |
Physical Description |
1 drawing: pen and ink, with watercolor; 12 x 15 cm. (4.75 x 6 in.) |
Description |
View, probably created as a study intended for later publication in the artist's "Country Seats," showing the Bucks County
estate on the Delaware River originally purchased in 1795 by Philadelphia merchant John Craig, procured around 1814 by his
son-in-law Nicholas Biddle. Originally named Craig's Hall, the federal-style mansion was renovated and altered from 1797-1798;
1806-1808 (by Benjamin Henry Latrobe); and 1836-1838 (by Thomas U. Walter). Depicts a sideview, shortly after the Latrobe
alterations, of the front elevation of the mansion and the grounds of the estate, including a small summer house. Three women
convene on the covered porch. Also includes a view of sailboats on the river.
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Notes |
Title supplied by cataloguer. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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See William Snyder's "William Birch: His Country Seats of the United States" The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
81 (July 1957), p. 225-254.
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Described in Nicholas B. Wainwright's "Andalusia countryseat of the Craig Family and of Nicholas Biddle and his descendants"
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 101 (January 1977), p. 27.
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Reproduced in Julius Sachse's Pictures of old Philadelphia from the originals in the collection of the Library Company of
Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1901), vol. 1, plate 47. (LCP Print Room Albums)
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Subject |
Craig, John, d. 1821 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844 -- Homes and haunts. |
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Estates -- Pennsylvania -- Andalusia. |
Geographic subject |
Andalusia (Pa. : Estate) |
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State Road (Andalusia, Pa.) -- 1237. |
Genre |
Ink drawings -- 1800-1810. |
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Watercolors -- 1800-1810. |
Associated name |
PA. Philadelphia. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| drawings & watercolors - Birch - Andalusia [P.9665] |
Accession number |
P.9665 |