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
Currier & Ives
1858
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
Tags
FireBuildingsNew York City