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Thomas Birch (1779–1851)

The Sleigh Ride

APG 16535D/2

1838

Image of Thomas Birch's The Sleigh Ride, oil on canvas, 18 x 27 inches, painted in 1838

THOMAS BIRCH (1779–1851)
The Sleigh Ride, 1838
Oil on canvas, 18 x 27 in.
Signed and dated (at lower right): Tho. Birch 1838

 

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Image of Thomas Birch's The Sleigh Ride, oil on canvas, 18 x 27 inches, painted in 1838

THOMAS BIRCH (1779–1851)
The Sleigh Ride, 1838
Oil on canvas, 18 x 27 in.
Signed and dated (at lower right): Tho. Birch 1838

 

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Image of Thomas Birch's The Sleigh Ride, oil on canvas, 18 x 27 inches, painted in 1838 Image of Thomas Birch's The Sleigh Ride, oil on canvas, 18 x 27 inches, painted in 1838

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THOMAS BIRCH (1779–1851)
The Sleigh Ride, 1838
Oil on canvas, 18 x 27 in.
Signed and dated (at lower right): Tho. Birch 1838

EXHIBITED: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1998, The American Vasari: William Dunlap and his World, p. 23 no. 4 illus. in color

EX COLL.: private collection, 1997, until the present

Birch painted a number of winter scenes, such as The Sleigh Ride, a charming view of a mid-winter outing. As in the nautical works, Birch focuses on convincingly conveying topographical details while also displaying an interest in atmospheric effects. It is the beguiling subject matter that makes The Sleigh Ride such a delightful example of early American landscape/genre painting. Two similar works, on the same size canvas and with the same compositional elements are in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library.
 

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