Capture of H.B.M. Brig Avon by the U.S. Sloop-of-War Wasp, (painting).

Capture of H.B.M. Brig Avon by the U.S. Sloop-of-War Wasp, (painting).

Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851, painter.

Capture of H.B.M. Brig Avon by the U.S. Sloop-of-War Wasp, (painting).

Watercolor and ink on paper.

5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.

(Lower left:) T. Birch (Bottom center, in ink:) Wasp and Avon signed

Waterscape -- Boat

History -- United States -- War of 1812

Architecture -- Boat -- Avon

Architecture -- Boat -- Wasp

New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, New York 10024 Accession Number: 1925.134

Gift of Naval History Society Collection, 1925.

New-York Historical Society, "American landscape and genre paintings in the New-York Historical Society...," New York: New-York Historical Society; Boston, G. K. Hall, 1982.

"Thomas Birch (1779-1851): Paintings and Drawings," Philadelphia: Philadelphia Maritime Museum, 1966.

New-York Historical Society, "American landscape and genre paintings in the New-York Historical Society...," New York: New-York Historical Society, Boston, G.K. Hall, 1982, no. 148, pg. 50.

"Thomas Birch (1779-1851): Paintings and Drawings," Philadelphia: Philadelphia Maritime Museum, 1966, pl. 62.

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