(Pennsylvania, 1779-1851) Ship Tacking Toward an Inlet Off a Rocky Coast (Ships Off a Rocky Coast), signed on rock "T. Birch/1828", oil on canvas, 27 x 39-1/8 in.; fine original 19th century gilt wood and composition Empire frame, lined, crackle, scattered light retouch; frame with some minor flaking of gilt surface. Notes: Literature: Frank S. Schwarz & Son, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Collection XXI, December 1983, number 3.
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