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Painting
Winter Landscape with a Horse-drawn Sleigh
Thomas Birch
1838
Category
Paintings
Creator/Artist/Maker
Thomas Birch (Painter)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
Museum Object Number
1956.0046.029 A
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Charles K. Davis
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Object Number
1956.0046.029 A
Object Name
Painting
Title
Winter Landscape with a Horse-drawn Sleigh
Category
Paintings
Creator (Role)
Thomas Birch (Painter)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1838
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Signature
Location: Lower right, beneath tree trunk
Inscription: Tho\s Birch 1838
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Landscape
- Genre scene
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
Techniques
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
19.7 (H) x 29.9 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
50.1 (H) x 76 (W)
Measurement Notes
H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Richardson, Edgar P. 1986 American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published as cat. no. 62, pp. 120-121.Book: 1966 Thomas Birch 1779-1851: Paintings and Drawings.
• For similar winter scenes see pp. 44-46.