Drawings and loose papers, 1810-1840.

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Drawings and loose papers, 1810-1840.

Includes drawings, engravings of Birch's drawings, an advertisement for Birch, and an agreement with Joseph Delaplaine to publish a series of American naval actions; also includes a letter from George Birch to Thomas Birch.

2 microfilm reels.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6700070

Winterthur Library

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Birch, George, Captain

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Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851

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Thomas Birch was a marine, landscape, portrait, and miniature painter. The son of artist William Russell Birch, he was born in England in 1799 and emigrated to Philadelphia with his father in 1794. The two worked together as William Birch & Son until 1800, designing, engraving, and publishing views of Philadelphia. Thomas Birch continued to work in Philadelphia until his death in 1851. He exhibited his work in many locations and was an honorary member of the National Academy. Birch is especi...

Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824

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Philadelphia bookseller and publisher. From the description of Correspondence, 1813-1824. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82415715 Delaplaine (1777-1824) compiled Delaplaine's Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American Characters (1815-1818). Ezra C. Gross was a Congressman, ca. 1820; Elizabeth, New York. From the description of Joseph Delaplaine letter : Philadelphia, [P.A.], to Ezra C. Gross, 1819 Dec. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 1223...