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Lot 100

Sale 5435 - BiCentennial Pennsylvania Sale
Nov 19, 2005 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$500 - 800
Price Realized
$600
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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4 pieces.


4 pieces.
Hand-Colored Engravings - Philadelphia Views by William & Thomas Birch: "Penn's Tree, With the City and Port of Philadelphia, on the River Delaware." [Philadelphia], [1828] (but modern restrike). 10 3/4 x 13 3/8 inches (273 x 339 mm). Mat burn. Generally bright & well-colored. Modern restrike of this Birch Third Edition view. See Snyder 2d. * "Second Street North from Market Street, with Christ Church, Philadelphia." Philadelphia, 1799. First edition. [Birch's Views of Philadelphia, Phila., 1800, 1st ed., plate 15]. 11 1/16 x 13 1/8 inches (280 x 333 mm). Mat burn. Some creasing & minor wrinkling, a few chips to upper margin, small fissure at center bottom outside of image. Snyder 15a. * "Schuylkill Bridge High Street Philadelphia" [Philadelphia], [1804] [Birch's Views of Philadelphia, Phila., 1804, 2nd ed., plate 23]. 11 x 12 7/8 inches (279 x 327 mm). Light mat burn, smudging to margins. Snyder 37a. * "View of the Dam and Waterworks at Fairmont." Philadelphia: E. Parker, 1824 [but ca. 1860]. (after Thomas Birch). 6 7/8 x 14 13/16 inches (174 x 376 mm) - image size. Mat burn, minor wrinkling. Synder, Mirror of America, 288, 3rd state. All framed.

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