Thomas Birch (1779 – January 3, 1851) Oil Painting. Signed T Birch. Oil painting on canvas of the Delaware River Gap. In an antique gold tone carved and gessoed frame. Measures 14 x 20 inches with frame. According to AskArt.com "Thomas Birch (1779 - 1851) Thomas Birch was active/lived in Pennsylvania. Thomas Birch is known for marine, ship portrait, and landscape painting. Born in England, Thomas Birchbecame the earliest marine painter specialist in America, and also was noted for landscapes, although they were described by art historian James Flexner has having "never transcended the illustrator's tradition."(187). Many of these landscapes were snowscenes, and several depicted the Hudson River Valley."

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