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The Boston Fire

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1872

GUSN

GUSN-36732

Description

View of Boston ablaze from across harbor at night.

Details

Descriptive Terms

landscapes (representations)
prints (visual works)
chromolithography
cities
fires (events)
ships
Chromo Lithograph
Ship
City
Fire
Print

Inscription

Printed on lower edge of image: 1) PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES 2) Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by Currier & Ives in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington 3) 125 NASSAU ST NEW YORK

Maker

Currier & Ives (Printer)
Currier & Ives (Publisher)

Location of Origin

New York, NY, USA

Dimensions

14 x 17 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1934.844

Places

New York state (United States)

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