Research material on William and Thomas Birch
name: label: Creator
content: Birch family
label: Names
content: Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851
label: Names
content: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
label: Names
content: Creer, Doris Jean
label: Names
content: Strickland, William, 1787-1854
topic: label: Occupation
content: Engravers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Miniature painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2008 by Cindy Keene, daughter of David Walter Harry.
creator: label: Creator
content: Birch family
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Enamel painters, miniaturists, engravers, etchers, publishers; Philadelphia, Pa. William Russell Birch (1755-1834) is best known for his miniature and enamel portraits and this series of Views of Philadelphia which he worked on with his son Thomas Birch (1779-1851) and published in 1799-1800.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1799-1990
label: Date
content: bulk 1940-1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bircwill2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, writings, scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, artwork, printed material and miscellany relating to William and Thomas Birch.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes research material on the Birch coat of arms; notes, including two scrapbooks, concerning the Birch family genealogy compiled by David Walter Harry and Thaddeus Harry, ancestors of William and Thomas Birch. Writings include thesis notes by Doris Jean Creer on William and Thomas Birch. Photographs are of Birch family members and works of art by William and Thomas Birch.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Artwork includes lithographs of oil paintngs by William and Thomas Birch, including Girard's Bank (1800), Second Street (1799), and If that Fellow Wants to Fight, We Won't Disappoint Him (1812); one black and white engraving and one aquatint of Bethlehem, Pa (circa 1820) by artist William Strickland based on an oil painting by Thomas Birch, and two black and white engravings and one aquatint of View of the Water Gap and Columbia Glass Works, River Delaware (circa 1820) by William Strickland based on an oil painting by Thomas Birch.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Printed material include exhibition catalogs and books, newspaper clippings and magazine articles. Also included is documentation of a donation of William Birch's paint box to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.