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View of Philadelphia, Second Street from Market St. with Christ's Church
Second Street North from Market Street, with Christ Church, Philadelphia
View of Philadelphia, Second Street from Market St. with Christ's Church
William Russell Birch (American (born in England), 1755–1834)
1800
Medium/Technique
Etching
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK790
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
In plate, below image, at left: W. Birch
Marks
Verso, stamped in purple with the collector's mark of Sylvester R. Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsIn plate, below image: Second Street North from Market St.., wth Christ Church.
In plate, below image, at left: Designed & Published by W. Birch Enamel Painter 1800.
Verso, in graphite, in Sylvester Koehler's hand: From the McGuire Sale.
In plate, below image, at left: Designed & Published by W. Birch Enamel Painter 1800.
Verso, in graphite, in Sylvester Koehler's hand: From the McGuire Sale.
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: October 20, 1898)
NOTE:
Koehler was the first curator of prints at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.
NOTE:
Koehler was the first curator of prints at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.