Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Great Fire of 1835: View of New York on the Morning of the Fire, Taken from Near a Mill on the Brooklyn Shore, New York
Object Number:
1935.166
Date:
1835
Medium:
Gouache on heavy paper, laid on Japanese paper, wrapped over board
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 27 in. ( 50.8 x 68.6 cm )
frame: 25 1/2 x 34 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 64.8 x 88.6 x 5.7 cm )
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center outside image in white gouache: "View of New York taken on the morning of the Fire near the Mill Brooklyn --"; at lower right: "From Atwill's Music Saloon / New York."
Description:
Cityscape
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