Samuel Seymour
View of the City of New York in the State of New York, North America

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Artist Samuel Seymour(American, born England, active 1777–1823)American, born England, active 1777–1823

Afterafter William Russell Birch (American, born England, 1755–1834)American, born England, 1755–1834

PublisherPublished by William Birch and William H. Morgan(Philadelphia)Philadelphia

CultureAmerican

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View of the City of New York in the State of New York, North America

Date1803

Printed inBristol, Pennsylvania, United States

MediumEtching and engraving on wove paper, state II/III

DimensionsPlate: 21 × 25 in. (53.3 × 63.5 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/4 × 27 in. (56.5 × 68.6 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Mary Beth Baird bequest, by exchange

Object numberB.2015.2

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DescriptionWilliam Russell Birch created this view of New York to stimulate interest in a series of engraved views of that city similar to his successful portfolio 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, but the work never came to fruition.
Provenance[Arader Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left: Painted by William Birch
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: The City of [cursive] / New York [cursive] IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK North America [cursive]
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right: Engraved by Samuel Seymour
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, lower center: Published Jan.y 1. 1803, by W. Birch, Springfield, near Bristol, Pennsylvania.

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Catalogue raisonnéDeak, Picturing America, 245; Pyne collection (1912), 29; Stauffer 2884; Fielding III, 1427, ii/iii (Seymour); Webster, pp. 81-85.

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