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Loss of the Schooner "John S. Spence" of Norfolk, Virginia, 2d View--Rescue of the Survivors, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Birch, Thomas 1779-1851  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art 5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles California 90036 Accession Number: M.86.308.2
Date:
1833
Notes:
"Thomas Birch (1779-1851): Paintings and Drawings," Philadelphia: Philadelphia Maritime Museum, 1966.
Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 108-109.
Antiques (April 1966): pg. 531.
Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 37.
(Lower right:) Tho Birch 1833 signed
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Twenty Third Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1934, (no. 20).
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Topic:
Disaster--Shipwreck  Search this
History--United States  Search this
Waterscape--Boat  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Sailing Ship  Search this
Architecture--Boat--John S. Spence  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Control number:
IAP 81220014
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_190566