William Russell Birch
Montibello, the Seat of General S. Smith
1800-1806
Physical Qualities
Watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on paper, Sheet: 203 x 268 mm. (8 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Presented in Honor of Calman J. Zamoiski, Jr., President of the Board of Trustees (1977-1981), by his fellow trustees
Object Number
1980.165.2
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1980; C.G. Sloan & Co. Auction, Washington, D.C., June 8, 1980, lot 2301.
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, "The Landscapes of WIlliam Birch," December 01, 2010 to January 08, 2011.
Homewood House Museum, Johns Hopkins University, "Building Homewood," 20 September 20 - 29 December 2002.
University of Maryland Art Gallery, 26 October - 9 December 1984.
BMA, American Wing "Furniture Study", November 1981 - 7 January 1983.
Maryland Historical Society, "Francis Guy and His Contemporaries: Views from Maryland, 1790-1830," 10 April - 15 August 1981.
Homewood House Museum, Johns Hopkins University, "Building Homewood," 20 September 20 - 29 December 2002.
University of Maryland Art Gallery, 26 October - 9 December 1984.
BMA, American Wing "Furniture Study", November 1981 - 7 January 1983.
Maryland Historical Society, "Francis Guy and His Contemporaries: Views from Maryland, 1790-1830," 10 April - 15 August 1981.
Emily T. Cooperman, "The Country Seats of the United States: William Russell Birch," Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009, fig 12, p 19.
Inscribed: by later hand?, lower left in graphite: "Baltimore / The Seat of General Smith - from a Design by W. Birch"
