Burning of the City Hall New York, on the night of the 17th August 1858 – Supposed to have taken fire from the fire works exhibited in commemoration of the successful laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable

Medium

Hand-colored lithograph

Dimensions

Image: 7 7/8 × 12 3/16 in. (20 × 31 cm) Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (25.2 × 35.2 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962

Accession Number

63.550.369

Rights

Public Domain

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