This painting shows a riverside scene with calm blue waters in the background on the right. Sailing ships dot the horizon. Closer to us is the riverbank, lined with greenery and tall trees, along with a dirt path on the left and rowboats laying on the sandy shore. In the center, a group of men, women, and children appear to dance together by the bank. They all have pale skin and wear clothes in shades of yellow, white, brown, and purple, with some pops of blue, green, and red. Their clothes include dresses, shawls, jackets, trousers, and hats. Behind them on the right, two more men stand…
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View of the Delaware near Philadelphia

painter Thomas Birch (American, born England, 1779 - 1859)

1831

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 102.87 × 153.04 cm (40 1/2 × 60 1/4 in.) ; framed: 127 × 177.64 × 10.16 cm (50 × 69 15/16 × 4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund, 1955)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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