Important Americana: Furniture and Folk Art

Important Americana: Furniture and Folk Art

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Property from a Private Collection, Pennsylvania

Thomas Birch

View of the Chain Bridge and Falls of Schuylkill, Five miles from Philadelphia

Lot Closed

January 21, 05:01 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, Pennsylvania

Thomas Birch

1779 - 1851

View of the Chain Bridge and Falls of Schuylkill, Five miles from Philadelphia


Oil on canvas

canvas: 31 1/8 by 41 1/8 inches (79 x 104.4 cm.)

Williamson family collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Stephanie Kenyon and Don Webster, Maryland, circa 1982.
The Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1998.
Purchased at the above sale, Private Collection.
Sold: Christie's, New York, May 21, 2001, lot 24.
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.
T. Lewis, American Paintings, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1998, no. 7, illustrated