Thomas Birch, Perry’s Victory on Lake Erie

Thomas Birch, Perry’s Victory on Lake Erie, c. 1814, oil on canvas, 167.64 x 245.11 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts), a Seeing America video speakers: Dr. Anna O. Marley, Curator of Historical American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Dr. Steven Zucker


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This painting at PAFA
National Park Service resource


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Cite this page as: Dr. Anna O. Marley and Dr. Steven Zucker, "Thomas Birch, Perry’s Victory on Lake Erie," in Smarthistory, January 24, 2020, accessed April 27, 2024, https://smarthistory.org/birch-lake-erie/.