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South east corner of Third, and Market Street. Philadelphia [graphic] / Drawn, engraved & published by W. Birch & Son.; Sold by R. Campbell & Co. No. 30 Chesnut St. Philada.
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Creator
W. Birch & Son.
Contributor
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834.
Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851, artist.
Seymour, Samuel, 1796-1823, engraver.
R. Campbell & Co., distributor.
Title
South east corner of Third, and Market Street. Philadelphia [graphic] / Drawn, engraved & published by W. Birch & Son.; Sold by R. Campbell & Co. No. 30 Chesnut St. Philada.
Publisher
Philadelphia : W. Birch & Son
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1799
Date
1799
Physical Description
1 print : engraving ; sheet 33 x 41 cm (12.75 x 16 in.)
Description
Street scene depicting the bustling southeast corner of Third and Market Streets. Several vendors, mostly women, sell meat and produce from their basic stands and baskets to the numerous patrons, including two Black women in kerchiefs and shawls, milling on Market Street. View includes the commercial business block erected in 1792 by prosperous jeweler and developer Joseph Cooke, known as "Cooke's Folly." The lavish building, containing residences and stores to have been won as lottery prizes, was demolished in 1838 after several years of decay from lack of investment.
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 205
Snyder, "William Birch: His Philadelphia Views" 8a
Notes
Title from item.
Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982), pl. 8.
Accessioned 1979.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject
Cooke, Joseph.
Commercial facilities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Markets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Peddlers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women, Black -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Black women.
Geographic subject
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 200 block.
Genre
Engravings -- 1790-1800.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Birch's views [Sn 8/P.2276.15]
Accession number
Sn 8/P.2276.15
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William Russell Birch Views of Philadelphia
African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
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