Art, literature & history
Towboat "John Birkbeck"
1854
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 75.8 x 133 cm (29 13/16 x 52 3/8 in.) framed: 87.6 x 145.4 cm (34 1/2 x 57 1/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1971.83.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
James Bard. Towboat "John Birkbeck". National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Towboat "John Birkbeck" — James Bard. 1854.
Medium: oil on canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 75.8 x 133 cm (29 13/16 x 52 3/8 in.) framed: 87.6 x 145.4 cm (34 1/2 x 57 1/4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1971.83.1. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.