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Photography by Edward C. Robison III

Woodlands, the Seat of Mr. William Hamilton, Pennsylvania

ArtistWilliam Russell Birch(1755-1834)

British, 1755 - 1834

Date1808
MediumHand-colored copper engraving
Dimensions9 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. (24.8 x 32.4 cm)
Mark(s)l.c.: Woodlands the Seat of Mr. Wm. Hamilton Pennsylva. / Drawn, Engraved & Published by W. Birch, Springland near Bristol, Pennsylvana.
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.33.14
ClassificationPrint
Provenance(William Reese Company, New Haven, CT, William Reese Collection of American Color Plate Books); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2006
On ViewNo
Woodlands, the Seat …9.8 × 12.8 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 17× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.