Remarkable Conflagration in Hartford--Fire in a Flood
ArtistDrawn by
John B. Russell Jr.
American, 1843 - 1903
PublisherPublished by
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
American
Date1862
MediumWood engraving; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 3/4 x 9 1/8in. (17.1 x 23.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 3/4 x 11 1/2in. (42.5 x 29.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 3/4 x 11 1/2in. (42.5 x 29.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Joan Dalburg
DescriptionMen on rafts and in rowboats attempt to extinguish a fire which is raging in a building in the background. Water shoots from hoses on rafts and boats and held by men on a ladder. Other men attempt to salvage goods from adjoining buildings. A sign on a building at the far left reads "BARBER." Letterpress text and a second wood engraving showing a Civil War battle, the charge of the First Massachusetts regiment at Yorktown, Virginia.
Object number1997.1.188
InscribedOn recto, upper center, printed in black ink, "FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER"; beneath image, "THE FIRE AND THE FLOOD--THE BURNING OF ROCKWELL'S STORE, CORNER OF MORGAN AND FRONT STREETS, HARTFORD, CONN., APRIL [21] / REMARKABLE CONFLAGRATION IN HARTFORD--/ FIRE IN A FLOOD"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberOn verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number
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