Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington
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Date1840
MediumLithography; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 7/8 x 11 9/16in. (17.5 x 29.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 7/16 x 13 1/8in. (26.5 x 33.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 7/16 x 13 1/8in. (26.5 x 33.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA steamboat is shown heading towards the left, with smoke issuing from its smokestack and flames and smoke issuing from its superstructure. The name "LEXINGTON" appears above the paddlewheel. Passengers are on the deck and in the water. Some men and women are in the water holding onto planks or cotton bales. A lifeboat being lowered near the stern is upended in the water. A second lifeboat at left appears to be sinking.
Object number1983.197.0
InscribedOn recto, lithographed beneath image: "Awful Conflagration / of the Steam Boat LEXINGTON in Long Island Sound / on the evening of Jany 13th 1840 by which lamentable event about 140 persons lost their lives! / List of persons saved / Capt. Chester Hilliard--Passenger / Capt. Manchester-- Pilot /- David Crowley-- Mate / John Smith-- Fireman"On verso, lower right, in pencil, old and new accession numbersNotesSubject Note: One of numerous depictions of the disaster. The Lexington was on her way from New York to Stonington, Connecticut when she caught fire and burned. Many Connecticut people were among the passengers.
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Edward Williams Clay
before 1838