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
Not on view
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.
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