The Burning of the Theatre in Richmond, Virginia

1812

Benjamin Tanner

Artist, American, 1775 - 1848

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored etching and aquatint on wove paper mounted to heavy wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)

  • 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


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