Description
Between 1798 and 1800, William Birch and his son Thomas designed and published twenty-eight engraved views of Philadelphia. Occasionally William reworked those that did not satisfy him. This impression, dated 1801, represents a second state, where the description of Philadelphia’s location was changed from “on the River Delaware” to “in the State of Pennsylvania.”
Related examples: Snyder 1975b, p. 226, fig. 137, illustrates the first state.
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
Additional Makers: after Thomas Birch (American, born England, 1779–1851)
Descriptive Medium: Etching and engraving with watercolor and gouache on wove paper, state II
Image Licence
Public Domain
Image Credit
Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Country
USA
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
People & Society
