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The City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, North America

The City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, North America

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The City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, North America
ArtistAmerican, born England, active 1777–1823
ArtistAmerican, born England, 1779–1851
PublisherAmerican, born England, 1755–1834
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, North America
Date1801
Printed inBristol, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumEtching and engraving with watercolor and gouache on wove paper, state II
DimensionsPlate: 18 1/2 × 23 1/2 in. (47 × 59.7 cm)
 Sheet: 21 × 24 1/2 in. (53.3 × 62.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.63.157
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThis view depicts Philadelphia as a busy port city framed by the branches of the magnificent tree under which, according to legend, William Penn met with Native Americans to negotiate a treaty. William Russell Birch, his son Thomas, and engraver Samuel Seymour also worked together to create The City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania North America; as it appeared in the Year 1800, the first significant collection of views of a United States city.
Provenance[Kennedy Galleries. New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1963; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Published References Roylance, Dale. American Graphic Arts: A Chronology to 1900 in Books, Prints, and Drawings. Princeton: Princeton University Library, 1990, p. 81. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed below image: The City of / Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania North America / Drawn by Thos.[s superscript with period [.] underneath] Birch Published May 1st 1801 by Wm. Birch, Enamel Painter on Neshaminy . . . Bristol, Pennsylvania
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