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Oil on canvas
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Drawings
Burning of the Bowery Theatre, New York City
Title
Burning of the Bowery Theatre, New York City
Date
1845
Medium
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, and graphite on paper, mounted on card
Dimensions
Overall: 5 1/2 x 4 1/16 in. ( 14 x 10.3 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Description
Architecture
Credit Line
James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number
1936.983
Marks
inscriptions: Inscribed at bottom with long inscription
Inscriptions
Verso inscribed in graphite (repeated in black ink on mount): "Burning of the Bowery Theatre, / (now the Thalia) April 25, 1845 -- a little / after 6 P.M. from a drawing made on the / spot. The performance was to have been / for the benefit of the E.L. Davenport -- / It was the fourth time of being / burnt -- first in 1828 -- then in 1836 / -- then 1837-8. / When the heavy pediment of / wood fell many were between the / columns, but all escaped"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
