Back of the State House, Philadelphia – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Back of the State House, Philadelphia comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Back of the State House, Philadelphia
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Unlike the front views of the State House that most collectors know, this engraving looks at the building from behind, showing the side of the structure that faced the rear of the grounds rather than the street. The State House is now Independence Hall, where the Continental Congress met and the Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776, and where delegates drafted the U.S. Constitution in 1787. William Birch and his son Thomas published this view as plate 22 in their 1800 series of Philadelphia city views, which recorded the growing city at the turn of the century. The hand coloring adds period detail, though the sheet shows wear around its edges.
| Created / published | 1800 |
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| Medium | 1 print : engraving, hand-colored. |
| Subjects | Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. 1800. Plate 22. Ref. Hist. Reserve - A Size (restrike). Much deterioration in and around image. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Capitol bldgs.; Pa.--P.(2); RBD; Artists, P.I.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,180 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110136 |
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