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| Keywords: Mouth of the Delaware by Thomas Birch, 1828.jpg Artwork Creator Thomas Birch Mouth of the Delaware 1828 oil on canvas cm 50 8 76 2 White House Washington D C United States Notes from Kloss William et al Art in the White House A Nation's Pride Washington D C The White House Historical Association 2008 <br> The scene may be near Lewes Delaware at Cape Henlopen where the harbor pilots who guided ships safely through the shallows were brought aboard as the vessels entered Delaware Bay Or the painting may instead depict the channel nearer the mouth of the Delaware River perhaps at Deepwater Point Storm clouds approach from the ocean We know its direction since the tide rolls inland here from left to right Of the four boats shown only the topsail schooner at the left is leaving to challenge the weather Heading upriver with the current a nearly full-rigged merchant ship passes the schooner The two sailors aboard the small sailboat appear to be furling its sails as the wind rises while the sturdy fishing dinghy rowed by four men on single oars with the coxswain reclining on nets in the stern makes for shore The White House Historical Association PD-art Other versions http //www whitehouseresearch org/assetbank-whha/action/viewAsset id 90 <gallery> </gallery> PD-old-100 Thomas Birch 1779-1851 1828 oil on canvas paintings in the United States Oil paintings of seascapes Paintings of sailboats Sussex County Delaware Paintings in the White House Water transport on the Delaware River 19th-century sailing ships in paintings Rowboats in art Cape Henlopen State Park Paintings of rivers | ||||
