Lot 36
  • 36

Thomas Birch 1779-1851

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Thomas Birch
  • Philadelphia from the Delaware River
  • inscribed City front Philadelphia Penna Delaware River Old Navy Yard in distance on the stretcher, and inscribed Philad Pa Cityfront--Delaware river old Navy yard on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 18 by 27 1/4 in.
  • (45.7 by 69.2 cm)
  • Painted circa 1840.

Provenance

E. L. Fisher, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Exhibited

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Thomas Birch, 1779-1851: Paintings and Drawings, March-May 1966, no. 36, illustrated p. 36

Condition

Unlined, craquelure, some visible lifting in upper register, some surface dirt; under UV: five small areas of retouching along the right edge, some areas of retouching along top edge, other scattered dots of retouching, particularly in sky.
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