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Photography by Edward C. Robison III

Hampton, the Seat of General Charles Ridgley, Maryland

ArtistWilliam Russell Birch(1755-1834)

British, 1755 - 1834

Date1808
MediumHand-colored copper engraving
Dimensions9 1/2 x 13 in. (24.1 x 33 cm)
Mark(s)l.c.: Hampton the Seat of Genl. Chas. Ridgley, Maryland. / Drawn Engraved & Published by W. Birch Springland near Bristol Pennsa.
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.33.4
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
Hampton, the Seat of…9.5 × 13 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

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