COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
65-230
accession_no
65-230
Accession number
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Record number:
65-230-16
record_number
65-230-16
Record number
false
JCB call number:
*D800 B617 / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
jcb_call_no
*D800 B617 / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Second Street North from Market St: wth. Christ Church. Philadelphia.
image_title
Second Street North from Market St: wth. Christ Church. Philadelphia.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
William Birch & son
creator1
William Birch & son
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
Drawn & Engraved by
creator1_role
Drawn & Engraved by
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
Philadelphia
place_image_published
Philadelphia
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
Published by R. Campbell & Co. No: 30 Chesnut Street
image_publisher
Published by R. Campbell & Co. No: 30 Chesnut Street
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1799
image_date
1799
Image date
false
Image function:
plate [15]
image_function
plate [15]
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
21 cm.
image_dimensions_height
21 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
28 cm.
image_dimensions_width
28 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
34 cm.
page_dimensions_height
34 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
40.7 cm.
page_dimensions_width
40.7 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
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Description:
View of a street with church steeple. At left a market is in operation. A man on horseback, horse-drawn carts and carriages, and dogs go down the street. Includes dwellings.
description
View of a street with church steeple. At left a market is in operation. A man on horseback, horse-drawn carts and carriages, and dogs go down the street. Includes dwellings.
Description
false
Source creator:
Birch, William & Son
source_creator
Birch, William & Son
Source creator
false
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_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 Title
false
Source place of publication:
[Philadelphia]
source_place_of_publication
[Philadelphia]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Published by W. Birch, Springland Cot, near Neshaminy Bridge on the Bristol Road
source_publisher
Published by W. Birch, Springland Cot, near Neshaminy Bridge on the Bristol Road
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1800
source_date
1800
Source date
false
notes:
Christ Church was built between 1727 and 1744. The steeple was completed in 1754 and rebuilt after a 1908 fire. On the left of the print is the Town Hall or Courthouse, built 1707 to 1710 and demolished in 1837. Its first floor was the city's first permanent market.
notes
Christ Church was built between 1727 and 1744. The steeple was completed in 1754 and rebuilt after a 1908 fire. On the left of the print is the Town Hall or Courthouse, built 1707 to 1710 and demolished in 1837. Its first floor was the city's first permanent market.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Visual categories:
topographical views
visual_categories
topographical views
Visual categories
false
References:
Teitelman, S. R. Birch's Views of Philadelphia, plate 15; Snyder, M.P. "William Birch," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 73, p. 271-315
references_
Teitelman, S. R. Birch's Views of Philadelphia, plate 15; Snyder, M.P. "William Birch," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 73, p. 271-315
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1965.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1965.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Pictorial works
subject_heads
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Pictorial works
Subject headings
false