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On Display: House - Winterthur Hall
Drawing (Watercolor drawing)
The Delaware from Joseph Bonaparte's House New Jersey.
Thomas Birch
1817-1820
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Thomas Birch (Draftsman)
Place of Origin
New Jersey; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Graphite
- Watercolor
- Wash
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1959.0040.003 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
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
Creator (Role)
Thomas Birch (Draftsman)
Place of Origin
New Jersey; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1817-1820
Subject(s)
- Landscape
Materials
- Graphite
- Watercolor
- Wash
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
9.3 (H) x 13.5 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
23.7 (H) x 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
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Stroud, Patricia Tyson. 10//2002 Point Breeze: Joseph Bonaparte's American Retreat. Antiques. 130-139.
Article: Hofer, Margaret K. & Olson, Roberta J. M. 10//2002 Napoleon's Fauteuil: From Paris to Point Breeze. Antiques. 140-149.
Article: Lee, Francis Bazley. 1906 "The Residence of Joseph Bonaparte in New Jersey". American Historical Magazine. 1 (2): 178-188.
Book: Baigell, Matthew. 1983 19th-Century Painters of the Delaware Valley.
• Published as cat. no. 4.