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Photography by Edward C. Robison III

The View from Springland

ArtistWilliam Russell Birch, British, 1755–1834
Date1808
MediumHand-colored copper engraving
Dimensions9 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (24.1 x 32.7 cm)
Mark(s)u.c.: The Country Seats of the United States of North America, / with some Scenes connected with them. / PART the FIRST / Containing Twenty Plates. l.c.: The View from Springland. / Designed and Published 1808 by W. Birch Enamel Painter Springland near Bristol Pennsylva.
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.33.2
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
The View from Spring…9.5 × 12.9 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

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