The Sinking of The Birkenhead, 1858
Oil · Canvas
Brunk Auctions · Sep 23, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Shipwrecked
James Hamilton (American, 1819–1878)
$1,793 price realized incl. premium
≈ £940≈ €1,395
Hammer $1,500 · with buyer’s premium $1,793
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 20 x 35in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- California and American Paintings & Sculpture (14017)
- Date
- August 7, 2006
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Lot
- 1030
- Estimate
- $3,000 – $5,000 (≈ £1,574 – £2,623) (≈ €2,335 – €3,891)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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