The City of Philadelphia...as it appeared in the year 1800 – Historic Reproduction
(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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This rare antique engraving captures The City of Philadelphia...as it appeared in the year 1800 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The City of Philadelphia...as it appeared in the year 1800
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Rather than a single street or building, this piece is the hand-colored title page for a set of city views that the English-born engraver William Birch and his son Thomas issued under the title *The City of Philadelphia... as it appeared in the year 1800*. The page introduces a series of engraved scenes of the city's streets and landmarks. In 1800, Philadelphia was one of the largest cities in the young United States and had served as the national capital until that year, when the federal government moved to Washington. Birch's views record the city at that turning point, and the hand coloring that brightens the title page was added by hand to individual copies.
| Created / published | 1800 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving, hand-colored. |
| Subjects | Hand-col. engr. title page by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as it appeared in the year 1800. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pa.--Phila.--1800; Artists, Publ. Index; RBDiv.; Shelf (2). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,173 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-132252 |
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