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Artist's study of detail from Second Street north from Market St. wth. Christ Church. Philadelphia.

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Artist's study of a street scene showing Second Street north from Market Street with a view of Christ Church. Depicts a man on horseback, his back to the viewer, traveling down the street toward the church. A dog runs past him. To his right, pedestrians, including an African American boy with a basket, stroll near a horse-drawn cart. In the left, men and a boy gather around a man on horseback. Christ Church, a Protestant Episcopal Church, was built between 1727 and 1744 and was founded as part of a provision of the original charter given to Pennsylvania founder William Penn.; Title from plate 15 in the first edition of Birch's "Views of Philadelphia."

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Keywords

  1. African American Boys
  2. African Americans
  3. Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  4. Churches
  5. Dogs
  6. Horseback Riding
  7. Pennsylvania
  8. Philadelphia
  9. Streets
  10. Studies
  11. Wash Drawings

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