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Landsdown [sic] the seat of the late Wm. Bingham Esqr. Pennsylvania [graphic] / Drawn engraved & published by W. Birch Springland near Bristol Pennsylva.
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Creator
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834.
Title
Landsdown [sic] the seat of the late Wm. Bingham Esqr. Pennsylvania [graphic] / Drawn engraved & published by W. Birch Springland near Bristol Pennsylva.
Publisher
Philadelphia: W. Birch
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1809
Date
[1809]
Physical Description
1 print: engraving, hand-colored mounted on paper; 17 x 21 cm.(6.5 x 8 in.)
Description
View of the mansion on the estate west of the Schuylkill River (West Fairmount Park) purchased by legislator William Bingham in 1797. The mansion, originally built around 1773 for Pennsylvania governor John Penn, was destroyed by fire in the mid 19th century. The ruins were bought and ceded to the city in 1866 for inclusion in Fairmount Park. In the foreground, two women, a man, and two dogs walk the grounds.
Is part of
Country seats of the United States of North America, with some scenes connected with them.
Is referenced by
Snyder, "William Birch: His 'Country Seats of the United States'" 5a.
Notes
Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner.
Subject
Bingham, William, 1752-1804 -- Homes and haunts.
Estates -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Landsdowne (Pa : Estate)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1800-1810.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Birch Country Seats - pl 5a [P.9057.55.5a]
Accession number
P.9057.55.5a
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William Russell Birch Country Seats
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