Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Second Street North from Market St: wth. Christ Church. Philadelphia.
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Accession number:
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65-230
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Record number:
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65-230-16
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JCB call number:
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*D800 B617 / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
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Image title:
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Second Street North from Market St: wth. Christ Church. Philadelphia.
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Creator 1:
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William Birch & son
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Creator 1 role:
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Drawn & Engraved by
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Place image published:
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Philadelphia
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Image publisher:
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Published by R. Campbell & Co. No: 30 Chesnut Street
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Image date:
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1799
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Image function:
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plate [15]
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Technique:
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engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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21 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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28 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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34 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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40.7 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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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.
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Source creator:
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Birch, William & Son
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Source Title:
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The city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania North America: as it appeared in the Year 1800 consisting of twenty eight plates
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Source place of publication:
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[Philadelphia]
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Source publisher:
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Published by W. Birch, Springland Cot, near Neshaminy Bridge on the Bristol Road
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Source date:
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1800
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Visual categories:
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topographical views
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References:
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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
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1965.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Philadelphia (Pa.)--Pictorial works
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