New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

The Burning Of Savannah, Ga. January 11, 1820

Artist Joshua Shaw (American, ca.1777-1860)

Publisher Mathew Carey & Son

Engraver John Hill (British, 1770-1850)

CultureAmerican

Date1820

MediumEtching and aquatint

DimensionsOverall: 9 11/16 x 13 1/2 in. (24.6 x 34.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hermitage Foundation

Object number47.19.1

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DescriptionThis print shows the skyline of a town with clouds of fire & smoke billowing in the sky beyond three steeples and one domed tower. People watch from the bank in the center ground. Streams and trees frame this open space.

Published ReferencesJosua Shaw, PICTURESQUE VIEWS OF AMERICAN SCENERY, 1820. HERED & KENNEDY GALLERIES INC., May 1963, pg. 163, #10, print tinted & called aquatint.