User:Okita2/sandbox/List of works by Thomas Birch

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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valign="top" \|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
valign="top" \|1813	New York Harbor (c. 1813), oil on canvas	[http://www.nyhistory.org/node/43661 view]	New-York Historical Society, New York City
valign="top" \|1814	Perry's Victory on Lake Erie (c. 1814), oil on canvas	200px	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.
valign="top" \|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
valign="top" \|1815	U.S.S Wasp Boarding H.M. Brig Frolic, oil on canvas	200px	Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
valign="top" \|1819	Sedgeley Park, Philadelphia, oil on canvas	200px	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.
valign="top" \|1820	Mill Grove Farm, Perkiomen Creek, Pennsylvania (c. 1820-1830), oil on wood panel	[http://www.nyhistory.org/node/25467 view]	New-York Historical Society, New York City
valign="top" \|1821	Fairmount Water Works, oil on canvas	[http://www.pafa.org/Museum/The-Collection-Greenfield-American-Art-Resource/Tour-the-Collection/Category/Collection-Detail/985/mkey--41/search--thomas_20birch/ 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.
valign="top" \|1827	An American Shore Scene	200px
valign="top" \|1828	Falconer's Shipwreck, oil on canvas	200px
valign="top" \|1828	Mouth of the Delaware, oil on canvas	200px	White House Historical Association, Washington, D.C.
valign="top" \|1829	Shipwreck (c. 1829), oil on canvas	200px	Brooklyn Museum, New York City
valign="top" \|1831	View of the Delaware near Philadelphia, oil on canvas	200px	Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
valign="top" \|1835	Marine View, oil on canvas	[http://www.nyhistory.org/node/16466 view]	New-York Historical Society, New York City
valign="top" \|1838	Escape of the U.S. Frigate Constitution, oil on canvas	[http://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/escape-us-frigate-constitution view]	New-York Historical Society, New York City	Exhibition: 1812: A Nation Emerges
valign="top" \|1840	On the Shrewsbury River, Redbank, New Jersey	200px
valign="top" \|1841	Ship in a Storm, oil on canvas	[http://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/ship-storm view]	New-York Historical Society, New York City
valign="top" \|1846	American Merchant Ship Entering Marseilles	200px
valign="top" \|1847	Winter Activity	[http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Winter-Activity-1847-Posters_i2682845_.htm view]
valign="top" \|	Banks of the Oise (Europe)	[http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Banks-of-the-Oise-1875-Posters_i2684160_.htm view]
valign="top" \|	Between the Rocks, oil on canvas	[http://www.pafa.org/Museum/The-Collection-Greenfield-American-Art-Resource/Tour-the-Collection/Category/Collection-Detail/985/mkey--40/search--thomas_20birch/ view]	Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
valign="top" \|	Commodore Perry Leaving the Lawrence for the Niagara at the Battle of Lake Erie (after 1813), oil on canvas	200px
valign="top" \|	Portrait of an Elegant Woman (full length)	[http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Portrait-of-an-Elegant-Woman-Full-Length-Posters_i2684159_.htm view]
valign="top" \|	The Dentist	[http://www.allposters.com/-sp/The-Dentist-Posters_i2682860_.htm view]
valign="top" \|	The Sequonac, New Jersey	[http://www.allposters.com/-sp/The-Sequonac-New-Jersey-1877-Posters_i2682867_.htm view]	\|
valign="top" \|	U.S.S. Constitution Defeating the H.M.S. Guerriere, War of 1812	[http://www.allposters.com/-sp/U-S-S-Constitution-Defeating-the-H-M-S-Guerriere-War-of-1812-Posters_i3485548_.htm view]
valign="top" \|	View of New York Harbor	[http://www.allposters.com/-sp/View-of-New-York-Harbor-Posters_i4253016_.htm view]
valign="top" \|	Wayside Inn on Route to Philadelphia	[http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Wayside-Inn-on-Route-to-Philadelphia-Posters_i7686139_.htm view]
valign="top" \|	Whalers off the Coast of Labrador	[http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Whalers-off-the-Coast-of-Labrador-1880-Posters_i2682868_.htm view]
valign="top" \|	William Penn Arrives in America for the First Time and Meets a Native American in 1682	[http://www.allposters.com/-sp/William-Penn-Arrives-in-America-for-the-First-Time-and-Meets-a-Native-American-in-1682-Posters_i9047115_.htm view]
valign="top" \|	Winter	[http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Winter-Circa-1864-Posters_i2684161_.htm view]
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Watercolors

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valign="top" \|1806	Captain Christopher O'Connor, watercolor on paper	[http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/20015824?rpp=20&pg=1&ft=thomas+birch&pos=7 view B&W]	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
valign="top" \|1811	The Falls of the Schuylkill and Chain Bridge, watercolor and gouache on off-white wove paper	[http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/20013085 view B&W]	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
valign="top" \|	Gentleman (unidentified man), watercolor on paper	[http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/20015824?rpp=20&pg=1&ft=thomas+birch&pos=7 view B&W]	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
valign="top" \|	Lady (unidentified woman), watercolor on paper	[http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/20015823 view B&W]	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
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Drawings

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valign="top" \|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	[http://www.nyhistory.org/node/23492 view]	New-York Historical Society, New York City
valign="top" \|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
valign="top" \|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
valign="top" \|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	[http://www.nyhistory.org/node/20055 view]	New-York Historical Society, New York City
valign="top" \|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
valign="top" \|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
valign="top" \|	John Denison Rogers, drawing, Graphite pencil and wash on paper		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	Ref. No.: 64.1141 MFAB
valign="top" \|	Richard Holmes, drawing			Ref. No.: SSSA1971
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Engravings

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United States Capitol, Completed Northern Wing, (c. 1801)

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Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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