Arch Street, with the Second Presbyterian Church

by William R. Birch, Thomas Birch

$2,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Plate 4 from the very rare first American colour-plate book, with views that are uniquely valuable among American historical prints Martin Snyder . This plate records Arch Street at the turn of the nineteenth century, with the Second Presbyterian Church rising above a streetscape of brick houses, shops, carriages, street lamps, and pedestrians. The composition is characteristic of Birch's urban views, combining architectural record with the incidental detail of daily life.

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