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Bird's Eye View of Philadelphia
Artist
Unknown artist(s)
After
Theodore Russell Davis
(American, 1840 - 1894)
Publisher
Supplement for Harper's Weekly
Portfolio/SeriesO'Connor/Yeager Collection
Date1876
MediumElectrotype; 2nd of 2(?) states
DimensionsSheet: 22 1/8 x 31 5/8 in. (56.2 x 80.3 cm)
Credit LinePartial gift and purchase from John C. O'Connor and Ralph M. Yeager
Object number86.542
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameElectotype
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Nineteenth
Inscribedbottom margin center: Copyright, 1876, by Harper & Brothers, Bird's Eye View of Philadelphia
Exhibition HistoryAmerican Block and Burin: Wood Engravings from the Permanent Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, August 27 – December 8, 2013ProvenanceRalph M. Yeager and John C. O'ConnorPublished ReferencesGroce and Wallace, The New York Historical Society Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564-1860, Yale, 1979, p. 168.