Philadelphia from Petty Island
Thomas Birch
(American (born in England), 1779–1851)
about 1825
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions50.48 x 81.6 cm (19 7/8 x 32 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865
Accession number47.1267
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Collections
ProvenanceThe artist; art market, Philadelphia; with Renaissance Gallery, Philadelphia; with Albert Duveen, New York; with Charles D. Childs, Boston, 1947; to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R. I.; to MFA, gift of Martha C. (Mrs. Maxim) Karolik.
