User:Okita2/sandbox/List of works by Thomas Birch
Appearance
< User:Okita2 | sandbox
This is not a Wikipedia article: It is an individual user's work-in-progress page, and may be incomplete and/or unreliable. For guidance on developing this draft, see Wikipedia:So you made a userspace draft. Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
List of works by Thomas Birch (1779 – 1851) provides examples of Thomas Birsh's works throughout his career. Birch was most famous for his works depicting naval engagements during the War of 1812.
Paintings
[edit]Year | Title | Image | Collection | Comments | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1813 | Capture of H.M.S. Macedonian by the U.S. Frigate United States (c. 1813), oil on canvas | New-York Historical Society, New York City | Exhibition: 1812: A Nation Emerges | ||
1813 | New York Harbor (c. 1813), oil on canvas | view | New-York Historical Society, New York City | ||
1814 | Perry's Victory on Lake Erie (c. 1814), oil on canvas | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | This scene depicts a key battle of the War of 1812. The embattled U.S.S Lawrence is adrift with bullet-riddled sails. Perry's relief flagship, the U.S.S. Niagara, appears with its three large sails in the distant center. This painting is widely regarded as the most monumental canvas Birch created. | ||
1815 | Capture of the H. B. M. Sloop-of-War Frolic by the U.S. Sloop-of-War Wasp (c. 1815-1820), oil on canvas | New-York Historical Society, New York City | |||
1815 | U.S.S Wasp Boarding H.M. Brig Frolic, oil on canvas | Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts | |||
1819 | Sedgeley Park, Philadelphia, oil on canvas | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. | Sedgeley was the country home of James Cowles Fisher, Esq., on the east bank of the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia. It was designed by the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe and built 1799-1802. | ||
1820 | Mill Grove Farm, Perkiomen Creek, Pennsylvania (c. 1820-1830), oil on wood panel | view | New-York Historical Society, New York City | ||
1821 | Fairmount Water Works, oil on canvas | view | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The Fairmount Water Works (located near present day Boat House Row) was celebrated as Philadelphia’s major engineering feat of the 19th century. This scene depicts the Norristown, the first steamboat to navigate the Schuylkill River. | |
1827 | An American Shore Scene | ||||
1828 | Falconer's Shipwreck, oil on canvas | ||||
1828 | Mouth of the Delaware, oil on canvas | White House Historical Association, Washington, D.C. | |||
1829 | Shipwreck (c. 1829), oil on canvas | Brooklyn Museum, New York City | |||
1831 | View of the Delaware near Philadelphia, oil on canvas | Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | |||
1835 | Marine View, oil on canvas | view | New-York Historical Society, New York City | ||
1838 | Escape of the U.S. Frigate Constitution, oil on canvas | view | New-York Historical Society, New York City | Exhibition: 1812: A Nation Emerges | |
1840 | On the Shrewsbury River, Redbank, New Jersey | ||||
1841 | Ship in a Storm, oil on canvas | view | New-York Historical Society, New York City | ||
1846 | American Merchant Ship Entering Marseilles | ||||
1847 | Winter Activity | view | |||
Banks of the Oise (Europe) | view | ||||
Between the Rocks, oil on canvas | view | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
Commodore Perry Leaving the Lawrence for the Niagara at the Battle of Lake Erie (after 1813), oil on canvas | |||||
Portrait of an Elegant Woman (full length) | view | ||||
The Dentist | view | ||||
The Sequonac, New Jersey | view | ||||
U.S.S. Constitution Defeating the H.M.S. Guerriere, War of 1812 | view | ||||
View of New York Harbor | view | ||||
Wayside Inn on Route to Philadelphia | view | ||||
Whalers off the Coast of Labrador | view | ||||
William Penn Arrives in America for the First Time and Meets a Native American in 1682 | view | ||||
Winter | view | ||||
Watercolors
[edit]Year | Title | Image | Collection | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
1806 | Captain Christopher O'Connor, watercolor on paper | view B&W | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City | |
1811 | The Falls of the Schuylkill and Chain Bridge, watercolor and gouache on off-white wove paper | view B&W | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City | |
Gentleman (unidentified man), watercolor on paper | view B&W | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City | ||
Lady (unidentified woman), watercolor on paper | view B&W | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City | ||
Drawings
[edit]Year | Title | Image | Collection | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
1814 | Attack on the American Privateer General Armstrong at Fayal (Faial), Azores, Portugal, black ink, wash, and graphite with scratching out on paper, inlaid into a larger sheet | view | New-York Historical Society, New York City | |
1814 | Capture of H.B.M. Brig Avon by the U.S. Sloop-of-War Wasp (c. 1814), black ink, wash, and graphite with scratching out on paper inlaid into a larger sheet | New-York Historical Society, New York City | ||
1815 | Capture of H.B.M. Sloop-of-War Frolic by the U.S. Sloop-of-War Wasp (c. 1815-1820), black ink, wash, and graphite with scratching out on paper inlaid into a larger sheet | New-York Historical Society, New York City | ||
1815 | Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate Constitution and H.M.S. Cyane and H.B.M. Sloop-of-War Levant (c. 1815), black ink, wash, graphite, and white gouache with scratching out on paper inlaid into a larger sheet | view | New-York Historical Society, New York City | |
1815 | Engagement Between the U.S. Sloop-of-War Hornet and H.B.M. Sloop-of-War Penguin, black ink, wash, and graphite with scratching out and selective glazing on paper inlaid into a larger sheet | New-York Historical Society, New York City | ||
1838 | Escape of the U.S. Frigate Constitution from a British Squadron off New York, July 18, 1812 (c. 1838), black ink, wash, and graphite on paper inlaid into a larger sheet | New-York Historical Society, New York City | ||
John Denison Rogers, drawing, Graphite pencil and wash on paper | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Ref. No.: 64.1141 MFAB | ||
Richard Holmes, drawing | Ref. No.: SSSA1971 | |||
Engravings
[edit]Year | Title | Image | Collection | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
1801 | United States Capitol, Completed Northern Wing, (c. 1801) | Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. | ||
References
[edit]External links
[edit]