About this image...

Image Title: Representation Du Feu Terrible A Nouvelle Yorck, circa 1778

Creator: Habermann, Franz Xaver, 1721-1796, artist

Date: 1778?

Summary: Print shows several buildings along street engulfed in flames during fire on September 19, 1776, citizens being beaten by Redcoats, and looting by African slaves. Includes brief text (five lines) in both German and French that list some of the institutions destroyed by the fire.

Notes: Printed at bottom: Se vend á Augsbourg au Negoce com?un. de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux avec Privilege de Sa Majesté Imperiale et avec Defense ni d'en faire ni de vendre les Copies.|Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 268.

Subjects: Fires--New York (State)--New York--1770-1780
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
War destruction & pillage--New York (State)--New York--1770-1780

Places: New York State--New York

Original Media: Etching

Collections: Popular Graphic Arts

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