View from the bower on the artist's Bucks County country estate near Neshaminy Creek. Birch lived at the estate from 1798 to 1818, despite selling the property in 1805. He repurchased the estate in 1813. In the background, a sailboat sails the Delaware River., Gift of Mrs. S. Marguerite Brenner.
Creator
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date
[1809]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 20a [P.9057.55.20a]
Study for the plate, "The View from Springland," published in Birch's "Country Seats of the United States," showing the gated lush grounds of Springland, William Birch's Pennsylvania country home near Neshaminy Creek in Bucks County from 1798 to 1818. Birch sold the property in 1805, continue to dwell on the grounds, and repurchased the estate in 1813. View includes an abandoned bridge and abandoned toll house. The toll house puportedly converted by Birch into his studio., Bequest of Charles Poulson, 1866., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., See Martin Snyder's "William Birch: His Country Seats of the United States" The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 81 (July 1957), p. 225-254., Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook., 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 48. (LCP Print Room Albums).
Creator
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, artist
Date
[ca. 1808]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department drawings & watercolors - Birch - Springland Cot [P.8759.3]
Title page to first edition, later subtitle plate containing "The View from Springland" depicting the Neshaminy Creek and lush grounds near William Birch's estate in Bucks County. Birch resided at the estate from 1798 to 1818. View includes a woman standing near a potted tree, an abandoned bridge, and the abandoned toll house converted by Birch into his studio., Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner., See William Birch study drawing of plate in Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.4]
Creator
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date
[1809]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch Country Seats - pl 2a [P.9057.55.2a]
Depicts the Neshaminy Creek and lush grounds near William Birch's estate in Bucks County. View includes a woman standing near a potted tree, an abandoned bridge, and the abandoned toll house converted by Birch into his studio. Birch resided at the estate from 1798 to 1818. Birch sold the property in 1805, continue to dwell on the grounds, and repurchased the estate in 1813., Title from item., Date inferred from 1809 publication date of plate after drawing., Published as title page to first edition, later subtitle plate in The country seats of the United States of North America, with some scenes connected with them., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Lib. Company. Annual Report, 2019, p. 88-89.
Creator
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, artist
Date
[ca. 1808]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.4]
