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Thomas Birch
(1779-1851)
Ships Off Gibraltar

26 September – 7 October 2025, 12:00 EDT
Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

Sold for US$5,120 inc. premium

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Thomas Birch (1779-1851)

A Ship Run Aground Off a Crowded Coast
signed and dated 'T. Birch / 1843' (lower right)
oil on canvas
22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm)
Painted in 1843.

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Thomas Birch was born Warwickshire, England, and came to the U.S. at age fifteen. He began his career painting primarily portraits, but soon became an extremely well-known and sought-after marine painter. His works were copied and engraved throughout the U.S. and Europe; one of his paintings, depicting the 1812 naval battle between the USS United States and HMS Macedonian, hung in President John F. Kennedy's Oval Office.

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