The Burning of the Theatre in Richmond (Primary Title)

Benjamin Tanner, American, 1775 - 1848 (Artist)

1812
American
Works On Paper
Prints
hand colored engraving on wove paper
Sheet: 13 5/16 × 16 3/8 in. (33.81 × 41.59 cm)
Image: 11 × 14 9/16 in. (27.94 × 36.99 cm)
71.15.3
Not on view
Unsigned
Printed beneath image in center: 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 Feb. 25th 1812 by B. Tanner. No. 74 South 8th St. Philadelphia. Inscribed in graphite on verso upper left: S738S A95108.
Virginiana Fund (formerly credited as "Warner Fund").
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