Schröckenvolle Feurersbrunst welche zu Neu Yorck von denen Americanern in der Nache von 19. Herbst Monath 1776 angeleget–Representation du Feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck, que les Americains allume pendant la Nuit du 19. Septembre 1776 (Representation of the terrible fire at New York, that the Americans lit during the night of September 19, 1776)
Artwork Details
- Title: Schröckenvolle Feurersbrunst welche zu Neu Yorck von denen Americanern in der Nache von 19. Herbst Monath 1776 angeleget–Representation du Feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck, que les Americains allume pendant la Nuit du 19. Septembre 1776 (Representation of the terrible fire at New York, that the Americans lit during the night of September 19, 1776)
- Series/Portfolio: Collection des Prospects
- Artist: Franz Xavier Habermann (German, Habelschwerdt, Glatz 1721–1796 Augsburg)
- Publisher: Academie Imperiale, Augsburg (German, founded 1755)
- Date: ca. 1776
- Medium: Hand-colored etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Image: 9 7/16 × 15 3/8 in. (23.9 × 39 cm)
Plate: 11 7/16 × 15 7/8 in. (29 × 40.3 cm)
Sheet: 14 3/16 × 19 3/16 in. (36 × 48.7 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: 54.90.1417
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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