COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
65-230
Record number:
65-230-14
JCB call number:
*D800 B617 / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
Image title:
The house intended for the President of the United States, in Ninth Street Philadelphia.
Creator 1:
William Birch & son
Creator 1 role:
Drawn & Engraved by
Place image published:
Philadelphia
Image publisher:
Published by R. Campbell & Co. No: 30 Chesnut Street
Image date:
1799
Image function:
plate [13]
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
Image dimension height:
21.7 cm.
Image dimension width:
27.7 cm.
Page dimension height:
34 cm.
Page dimension width:
40.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink, colors
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
View of a house or dwelling with a horse-drawn cart and horseback rider.
Source creator:
Birch, William & Son
Source Title:
The city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania North America: as it appeared in the Year 1800 consisting of twenty eight plates
Source place of publication:
[Philadelphia]
Source publisher:
Published by W. Birch, Springland Cot, near Neshaminy Bridge on the Bristol Road
Source date:
1800
notes:
The commonwealth of Pennsylvania began to build this mansion in 1792 while Washington was president. It was completed in 1797, but John Adams declined to live in it. It was used by the University of Pennsylvania until 1829 when it was demolished. The Alms House and House of Employment, shown in Plate 25, can be seen in the distance.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Visual categories:
topographical views
References:
Teitelman, S. R. Birch's Views of Philadelphia, plate 13; Snyder, M.P. "William Birch," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 73, p. 271-315
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1965.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Pictorial works
Subject headings:
Mansions
The house intended for the President of the United States, in Ninth Street Philadelphia.
