Object Number 1959.2622 A

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

The City of/ Philadelphia IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA North America.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Samuel Seymour (Engraver)-1822

Thomas Birch (Draftsman)
1779-01/14/1851

William Russell Birch (Publisher)
04/09/1755-08/07/1834

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

May 1 1801 (1801-1801)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Drawn by Tho/s Birch
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Engraved by Samuel Seymour
3. Inscription; Bottom center; Published May 1\st 1801, by W.\m Birch Enamel Painter, on Neshanimy, near Bristol, Pennsylvania.

Subjects

City view

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Etched, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

21.7 (H) , 24.9 (W) , 18.9 (Image H) , 24.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

55.1 (H) , 63.3 (W) , 18.9 (Image H) , 24.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H taken .5 cm from left. W at bottom. Trimmed within plate marks.

Publisher Summary

Birch, William Russell

Publication Date

1800

Place of Publication

Springland Cot, near the Neshaminy Bridge on the Bristol Road, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

State

I

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with transparent and opaque watercolors

Edition Notes

This is the first of two known states of this print. From William Russell Birch and Thomas Birch, The City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania North America: as it appeared in the Year 1800 consisting of Twenty Eight Plates (Philadelphia: W. Birch, 1800).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Nygren, Edward J. & Robertson, Bruce. 1986 Views and Visions: American Landscape before 1830.
• Print listed as pl. no. 107, p. 114.