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Thomas Birch(1779-1851)Ships Off Gibraltar
26 September – 7 October 2025, 12:00 EDT
Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsSold for US$5,120 inc. premium
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Jewel Bernier
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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.
signed and dated 'T. Birch / 1843' (lower right)
oil on canvas
22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm)
Painted in 1843.
Footnotes
N.B.
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.
























