Shipwreck near a Rocky Coast
Thomas Birch · 1833
Palette
Smoke
Pewter
Ash
Iron
Warm grey
Graphite
Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How
Details
- Artist
- Thomas Birch
American, born England, 1779–1851 - Date
- 1833
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 51.4 × 76.8 cm (20 1/4 × 30 1/4 in.)
- Place
- United States
- Period
- 19th century
- Themes
- Landscapes · Seascapes and the coast · Boats and ships
- Main colour
- Grey · lightness 47, colourfulness 3
Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the family of Richard H. Daniel. Museum record.
Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0.
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