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The Bowling Green Fountain – View of the Great Conflagration at New York, July 19th, 1845, From the Bowling Green

Lithographer Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier American
1845
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Bowling Green Fountain – View of the Great Conflagration at New York, July 19th, 1845, From the Bowling Green
  • Lithographer: Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1813–1888 New York)
  • Date: 1845
  • Medium: Lithograph with touches of hand coloring
  • Dimensions: image: 12 3/4 x 8 3/16 in. (32.4 x 20.8 cm)
    sheet: 14 x 10 1/16 in. (35.5 x 25.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.90.676
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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