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The House Intended for the President of the United States in Ninth Street Philadelphia

The House Intended for the President of the United States in Ninth Street Philadelphia

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The House Intended for the President of the United States in Ninth Street Philadelphia
ArtistAmerican, active c. 1798–1800
ArtistAmerican, born England, 1755–1834
ArtistAmerican, born England, 1779–1851
ArtistAmerican, born England, active 1777–1823
PublisherPhiladelphia
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The House Intended for the President of the United States in Ninth Street Philadelphia
  • from the portfolio The City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania North America: As It Appeared in the Year 1800
Date1799
Printed inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Place depictedPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumEtching and engraving with watercolor on laid paper, first edition
DimensionsPlate: 11 3/8 × 13 in. (28.9 × 33 cm)
 Sheet: 13 1/8 x 14 1/2 in. (33.3 x 36.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by John B. Brent, S. Reed Morian, and Gene M. Woodfin in honor of Meredith J. Long at "One Great Night in November, 1992"
Object numberB.92.15
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionBuilt between 1792 and 1797 in Philadelphia, this handsome structure never was home to an American president. The house was completed after the end of George Washington’s term as president, and John Adams declined to live in it. Washington and Adams both occupied a rented house at Sixth and Market Streets. The University of Pennsylvania later owned the building and demolished it in 1829 in preparation for the erection of two new university buildings on the same site.
Provenance[Philadelphia Print Shop, Philadelphia]; purchased by MFAH, 1992.
Published References The City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania North America (Philadelphia, 1798–99); Snyder, Martin P. City of Independence: Views of Philadelphia Before 1800. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1975, p. 234, fig. 49. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed below image, left: Drawn & Engraved by W. Birch & Son
Inscribed below image, right: Published by R. Campbell & Co.[o superscript with period [.] underneath] No..[o superscript, underlined, with two periods [..] underneath] 50. Chesnut Street Philda.[a superscript with period [.] underneath] 1799.
[Snyder 1975b, p. 234, fig. 149]
Inscribed below image center: THE HOUSE intended for the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, / in Ninth Street PHILADELPHIA

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W. Birch & Son