William Russell Birch: The City of Philadelphia
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Birch, William Russell. 1800. The city of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania North America; as it appeared in the year 1800 consisting of twenty eight plates. [Philadelphia]: Published by W. Birch. Springland Cot, near Neshaminy Bridge on the Bristol Road; Pennsylvania.
Birch, William Russell, and W. Barker. 1804. The city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, North America: as it appeared in the year 1800 ... consisting of twenty copper-plates. [Philadelphia]: Published by W. Birch, Springland Cot, near Neshaminy Bridge on the Bristol Road, Pennsylvania.
Birch’s 28 folio engravings, in many copies beautifully finished with watercolor, displayed to advantage every aspect of the city’s architecture, commerce, and street life. Birch placed special emphasis on Philadelphia’s civic institutions