Object Number 1959.0040.003 A

Object Name

Drawing (Watercolor drawing)

Title

The Delaware from Joseph Bonaparte's House New Jersey.

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Thomas Birch (Draftsman)
1779-01/14/1851

Place of Origin

New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1817-1820

Subjects

Landscape

Materials

Graphite; Watercolor; Wash; Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

9.3 (H) , 13.5 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

23.7 (H) , 34.3 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Frame H: 11.7 in. (29.7 cm). Frame W: 15.7 in. (39.8 cm). Frame D: 0.9 in. (2.3 cm).

Coloring

Hand colored with translucent watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Stroud, Patricia Tyson. 10//2002 Point Breeze: Joseph Bonaparte's American Retreat. Antiques. 130-139.
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[Article] Hofer, Margaret K. & Olson, Roberta J. M. 10//2002 Napoleon's Fauteuil: From Paris to Point Breeze. Antiques. 140-149.
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[Article] Lee, Francis Bazley. 1906 "The Residence of Joseph Bonaparte in New Jersey". American Historical Magazine. 1 (2): 178-188.
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[Book] Baigell, Matthew. 1983 19th-Century Painters of the Delaware Valley.
• Published as cat. no. 4.