Shipwreck

Thomas Birch

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Thomas Birch (American, 1779–1851). Shipwreck, 1829. Oil on canvas, frame: 37 1/2 x 49 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (95.3 x 125.1 x 10.8 cm) 27 3/16 x 39 1/16 in. (69 x 99.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.166. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Shipwreck

Date

1829

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

frame: 37 1/2 x 49 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (95.3 x 125.1 x 10.8 cm) 27 3/16 x 39 1/16 in. (69 x 99.2 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower left: "Thos Birch / 1829 / Philadelphia"

Credit Line

Dick S. Ramsay Fund

Accession Number

45.166

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