The Sinking of The Birkenhead, 1858
Oil · Canvas
Brunk Auctions · Sep 23, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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James Hamilton (American, 1819–1878)
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Titled In the Rolling Hills of Pennsylvania along the Monongahela, signed lower left
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 24" x 36".
- Auction house
- Pook & Pook
- Sale
- Period Furniture, Fine Art & Accessories (13096)
- Date
- April 19, 2013
- Location
- Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States
- Lot
- 255
- Estimate
- $8,000 – $12,000 (≈ £5,212 – £7,818) (≈ €6,100 – €9,150)
- Source
- Auction house live.pookandpook.com ↗Retrieved Oct 14, 2026
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