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On Display: House - Belle Isle Stair Hall, Upper
Print (Etching)
The City of/ Philadelphia IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA North America.
Samuel Seymour, Thomas Birch, William Russell Birch
May 1 1801 (1801-1801)
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Samuel Seymour (Engraver)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1959.2622 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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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
Creator (Role)
Samuel Seymour (Engraver); Thomas Birch (Draftsman); William Russell Birch (Publisher)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
May 1 1801 (1801-1801)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left beneath image
Inscription: Drawn by Tho/s Birch
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right beneath image
Inscription: Engraved by Samuel Seymour
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom center
Inscription: Published May 1\st 1801, by W.\m Birch Enamel Painter, on Neshanimy, near Bristol, Pennsylvania.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- City view
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Etched
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
21.7 (H) x 24.9 (W) x 18.9 (Image H) x 24.2 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
55.1 (H) x 63.3 (W) x 48 (Image H) x 61.4 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H taken .5 cm from left. W at bottom. Trimmed within plate marks.
Publisher Summary
W. Birch
Publisher Date
01/01/1800
Place of Publication
Springland Cot, near the Neshaminy Bridge on the Bristol Road, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Publisher Name
W. Birch
Edition State
I
Edition 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).