Collection Highlights
Undutiful Boys
Date:
1835
Object Number:
1858.23
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Attack on the American Privateer "General Armstrong" at Fayal (Faial), Azores, Portugal
Object Number:
1925.140
Date:
1814
Medium:
Black ink, wash, and graphite with scratching out on paper, inlaid into a larger sheet
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm)
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
Signed at lower left in black ink: "T Birch";
below in graphite: "T Birch.";
inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Genl Armstrong -- at Fayal"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in black ink: "T Birch"; below in graphite: "T Birch."; inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Genl Armstrong -- at Fayal"
Description:
Marine
Credit Line:
Naval History Society Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
