The Burning of the Theatre in Richmond, Virginia
1812
Artist, American, 1775 - 1848

Artwork overview
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Medium
hand-colored etching and aquatint on wove paper mounted to heavy wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 27.78 × 37.15 cm (10 15/16 × 14 5/8 in.)
plate: 32.23 × 39.85 cm (12 11/16 × 15 11/16 in.)
sheet: 34.93 × 41.43 cm (13 3/4 × 16 5/16 in.)
support: 44.77 × 52.39 cm (17 5/8 × 20 5/8 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.875
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(The Old Print Shop, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1956; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1963
Progress of An American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963
Inscriptions
lower left support in graphite by unknown hand: T13153; lower right support in graphite by unknown hand: RLH # 1146 / 85.00
text at bottom in plate:
The Burning of the Theatre in Richmond, Virginia, on the Night of the 26th. December 1811, / By which awful Calamity, upwards of One Hundred of its most valuable Citizens suddenly lost their lives, and many others, were much injured. / Published Feby. 25th. 1812 by B. Tanner. No. 74 South 8th. St. Philadelphia.
Wikidata ID
Q77012702