Thomas Birch, View of the Chain Bridge and Falls of Schuylkill, Five miles from Philadelphia

Property from a Private Collection, Pennsylvania
Thomas Birch
1779 - 1851
View of the Chain Bridge and Falls of Schuylkill, Five miles from Philadelphia

Oil on canvas
canvas: 31 1/8 by 41 1/8 inches (79 x 104.4 cm.)

Condition Report:
The work is lined with wax as an adhesive and tacked to modern stretchers. There is scattered surface cracking throughout the composition. Under UV light, there appear to be scattered small spots of inpaint throughout the composition and additional fine lines to address surface cracking and stretcher bar marks throughout.

Provenance:
Williamson family collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Stephanie Kenyon and Don Webster, Maryland, circa 1982.
The Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1998.
Purchased at the above sale, Private Collection.
Sold: Christie's, New York, May 21, 2001, lot 24.
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.