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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
The Fall of Richmond, Virginia on the Night of April 2, 1865
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

The Fall of Richmond, Virginia on the Night of April 2, 1865

Artist Unknown
Publisher Currier & Ives (American, 1834 - 1907)
CultureAmerican
Date1865
MediumLithograph, paper
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 7/8 x 12 1/2 in. (20 x 31.8 cm)
Overall: 10 3/8 x 14 1/2 in. (26.4 x 36.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (36.2 x 48.9 cm)
InscribedTitle and "Published by Currier and Ives, 152 Nassau St. N.Y. 1865". "This stronghold and Capital City of the Davis Confederacy----and the Conflagration Continued until it was subdued by the Union Troops in the following morning." "860" under description.
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Louis I. Jaffe
Object number50.45.4
On View
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DescriptionLithograph colored by hand of a scene of Richmond burning seen from across the water.