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Site of a Fire

September 29, 1802 (printed 1803 or later)
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Object Information
  • Title: Site of a Fire
  • Artist: Caspar David Friedrich (German, Greifswald 1774–1840 Dresden)
  • Date: September 29, 1802 (printed 1803 or later)
  • Medium: Etching on wove paper; second state
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 in. × 11 1/4 in. (20.3 × 28.5 cm)
    Plate: 3 5/8 × 5 3/8 in. (9.2 × 13.7 cm)
    Image: 3 5/16 × 4 7/8 in. (8.4 × 12.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
  • Object Number: 27.36.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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