High Street, From the Country Market-place Philadelphia

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Date1800

Engraver William Russell Birch (British, 1755 - 1834)

Geography Made - United States

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, engraving, etching.

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 10 5/8 in. × 13 3/16 in. (26.99 cm × 33.5 cm) Plate ( H x W): Unknown, Sheet has been trimmed Image (H x W): 8 1/4 in. × 11 1/8 in. (20.96 cm × 28.26 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest Scott, 1985

Object numberSC-156

DescriptionHistorical scene depicting the procession commemorating George Washington’s death. The scene is set in central Philadelphia, with row houses in the background. In the middle ground is a procession of soldiers with their heads down, waving black banners, and four of them carrying a black draped casket with a tricorn hat and sword laid on it. In the foreground is the Market from which four men, a woman, and a child watch the procession going by.
1800

MarkingsPrinted below image on left in italic script: "Designed & Published by W. Birch Enamel Painter 1800.". Printed below image centered in italic script: "High Street, from the Country Market-place Philadelphia / with the procession in commemoration of the Death of General George Washington, December 26th 1799.

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