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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

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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

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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

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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

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Year Title Image Collection Comments
1801 United States Capitol, Completed Northern Wing, (c. 1801)
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

References

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