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Capture of the Tripoli by the Enterprise, 1806–12. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 45.1 × 65.1 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Capture of the Tripoli by the Enterprise
- Artist
- Thomas Birch American, born England, 1779–1851
- Date
- 1806–12
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45.1 × 65.1 cm (17 3/4 × 25 5/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Through prior acquisition of the Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1779–1851
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.