Object Number 1967.0131

Object Name

Drawing (Ink and wash drawing)

Title

Virtue and Vice, Sobriety and Drunkenness

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

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

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1815-1830

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription ; Lower left; T. Birch
2. Mark; Lower left; [circular, with a crown and inscription]: BRISTOL PAPER

Subjects

Genre scene; Landscape; Building view

Materials

Ink; Wash; Paper

Techniques

Drawn

Dimensions (inches)

10 (H) , 14.4 (W) , 9 (Image H) , 13.6 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

25.5 (H) , 36.7 (W) , 9 (Image H) , 13.6 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Beckerdite, Luke. 2021 American Furniture 2020.
• Published: p. 10, fig. 7
[Other] Lewis, Richard Anthony. Interesting Particulars and Melancholy Occurences: Thomas Birch's Representations of the Shipping Trade, 1799-1850.
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