Représentation du feu terrible à Nouvelle Yorck, que les Américains ont allumé pendant la nuit du 19 Septembre 1776 ... et l'école des pauvres

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Représentation du feu terrible à Nouvelle Yorck, que les Américains ont allumé pendant la nuit du 19 Septembre 1776 ... et l'école des pauvres
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Title:
Représentation du feu terrible à Nouvelle Yorck, que les Américains ont allumé pendant la nuit du 19 Septembre 1776 ... et l'école des pauvres
Title (alt.):
Representation du feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck
Description:
Attributed to Frenchman André Basset, this print provides a fictional representation of the Great Fire of New York. This fire occurred September 20-21, 1776, less than a week after the British entered the city. In the print, flames and smoke stream from a row of houses as chaos reigns in the streets. Armed soldiers beat civilians, while African slaves carry trunks of goods from looted houses. Consumers could purchase Bassett's print and view it through a set of lenses to give the image dimension. With these lenses, the backwards title at the top of the scene would appear reversed.
Creator:
Basset, André, fl. 1749-1785
Date:
[1777?]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Views
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Great Fire, New York (N.Y.), 1776--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Vues d'optique
New York (N.Y.)--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
New York (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Places:
New York
Extent:
1 print : etching, hand-colored, 24 x 38 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
A Paris : Chez Basset Rue S. Jacques au coin de a rue des Mathurins
Language:
French
Notes:
Additional title from top margin (as characteristic of optical prints, series title is printed in reverse).
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "We Are One: Mapping America's Road from Revolution to Independence" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2015.
Identifier:
06_01_009570
LCCN:
2004670218