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State-House, With a View of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia – Vintage Wall Art

State-House, With a View of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 1800 — antique engraving
State-House, With a View of Chestnut 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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A window into the past: State-House, With a View of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, preserved in this antique engraving. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Few buildings in Philadelphia carry more historical weight than the State House, shown here from Chestnut Street with its brick facade and tower. It was where the Declaration of Independence was debated and adopted in 1776, and by 1800 it had become a symbol of the young nation's founding. The view comes from a plate in *The City of Philadelphia... as It Appeared in the Year 1800*, produced by the engraver William Birch and his son Thomas. Their hand-colored views were among the most detailed records of the city's streets in that period.

Created / published1800
Medium1 print : engraving, hand-colored.
SubjectsMuch deterioration around image. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 21. Ref. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Capitol bldgs.; Artists, P.I.; Pa.--Phila.; RBD; Shelf (3).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,204 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110010

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