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View in Third Street, from Spruce Street, Philadelphia – Vintage Wall Art

View in Third Street, from Spruce Street, Philadelphia, 1800 — antique engraving
View in Third Street, from Spruce Street, Philadelphia, 1800. Antique engraving from the Philadelphia collection.

(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.)

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Step back in time with View in Third Street, from Spruce Street, Philadelphia, an antique engraving rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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View in Third Street, from Spruce Street, Philadelphia

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Third Street, seen from the corner of Spruce Street, shows a working stretch of Philadelphia at the turn of the nineteenth century. The engraving is plate 18 from *The City of Philadelphia... as It Appeared in the Year 1800*, a series of street views produced by the English-born engraver William Birch and his son Thomas. Birch was known for careful topographical detail, and the hand coloring found on some copies adds warmth to the brick facades and the signs of daily street life. Views like this one, made as the federal government was leaving for Washington, give historians a fairly precise picture of the city as it stood at that moment.

Created / published1800
Medium1 print : engraving, hand-colored.
SubjectsHand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 18. Ref. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pa.--Phila.(2); Artists, Publ. I.; RBD; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,516 × 1,239 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176080

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