Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Bush Hill. The Seat of Wm. Hamilton Esqr. near Philadelphia
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Accession number:
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RS2140
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Record number:
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RS2140-7
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JCB call number:
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En790 M242
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Image title:
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Bush Hill. The Seat of Wm. Hamilton Esqr. near Philadelphia
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Creator 1:
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James Peller Malcom
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Creator 1 dates:
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1767-1815
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Creator 1 role:
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Del. et f.
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Image date:
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1780?
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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7.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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12.2 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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12.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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21.1 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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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 Bush Hill, home of William Hamilton. Includes outbuildings.
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notes:
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Bush Hill was built in 1740 by Andrew Hamilton, the lawyer who defended John Peter Zwenger against charges of seditious libel. His son, William, inherited the estate in 1741 when his father died and built another mansion, Woodlands, in 1788. In 1793, Bush Hill, by then a vacant estate, was set up as a hospital during the yellow fever epidemic of Philadelphia. It was demolished in 1875.This image was probably removed from an unknown book and is here held separately.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://www.philadelphiahistory.org/akm/lessons/yellowFever/; Boorse, H.S. "Bush Hill," Imprint, vol. 9, no. 2, p. 12-18 (cited at http://www.ahpcs.org/imprint1984.htm) (June 2004)
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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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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Architecture, Domestic--United States
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