William Birch (painter)
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William Russell Birch was an English miniature painter, enameler, and landscape engraver and designer.
Benjamin Henry Latrobe's Bank of Pennsylvania, from the 4th edition of William Birch's Views of Philadelphia, 1827–1828
Library and Surgeon's Hall, an 1800 engraving by Birch of the Library Company of Philadelphia, the first American library founded by Benjamin Franklin
The Library Company of Philadelphia is a non-profit organization located on Locust Street in Center City, Philadelphia. Founded as a library in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin, the Library Company of Philad
Franklin opening 1st subscription library in Phila., a 1914 illustration depicting Benjamin Franklin's role in founding the Library Company of Philadelphia now housed at the Library of Congress
The former Ridgway Library at 901 South Broad Street, built between 1873 and 1878, has been occupied by the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts since 1997.