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WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL – BREAKING SAIL

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OTTAWA, Ontario, CA

WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (AMERICAN/BRITISH, 1884�1941) WATERCOLOR AND BODYCOLOR ON PAPER, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED “BREAKING SAIL OUT FROM ‘FRISCO WMBIRCHALL 1931” LOWER LEFT A DYNAMIC MARITIME SCENE DEPICTING A MULTI-MASTED SAILING VESSEL UNDER FULL SAIL DEPARTING SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR 14.25 X 20.25 IN AT SIGHT 23.5 X 29 IN FRAMED WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (1884�1941) WAS AN…

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OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada

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WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (AMERICAN/BRITISH, 1884�1941)
WATERCOLOR AND BODYCOLOR ON PAPER, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED “BREAKING SAIL OUT FROM ‘FRISCO WMBIRCHALL 1931” LOWER LEFT
A DYNAMIC MARITIME SCENE DEPICTING A MULTI-MASTED SAILING VESSEL UNDER FULL SAIL DEPARTING SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR
14.25 X 20.25 IN AT SIGHT
23.5 X 29 IN FRAMED
WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (1884�1941) WAS AN AMERICAN-BORN MARITIME ARTIST WHO SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HIS CAREER IN HASTINGS, ENGLAND. HE IS RENOWNED FOR HIS HIGHLY ACCURATE AND ATMOSPHERIC WATERCOLORS DEPICTING NAVAL AND MERCHANT VESSELS, OFTEN CAPTURING SPECIFIC HISTORICAL SHIPS IN VARIOUS SEA CONDITIONS. HIS WORK WAS FREQUENTLY FEATURED IN CONTEMPORARY PERIODICALS AND IS HELD IN NUMEROUS MARITIME MUSEUM COLLECTIONS GLOBALLY.