File:NYC fire 1776.jpg

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Captions

English

Representation of the Great Fire of New York, September 1776

Summary edit

Franz Xaver Habermann: Français : Representation du Feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck

Deutsch: Schreckenvolle Feuersbrunst welchs zu Neu Yorck English: Representation of the great fire at New York

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Artist

Franz Xaver Habermann (1721–1796)
Alternative names	François Xavier Habermann; Franz Xavier Habermann; franz von habermann; F.X. Haberman; Francois Xaver Habermann; Fr. Xav. Haberman
Description	German drawer, sculptor and engraver
Date of birth/death	1721	1796
Location of birth/death	Bystrzyca Klodzka, Poland	Augsburg, Germany
Work period	1736 –1796
Work location	Augsburg (1746–1796); Italy (1746); Batavia; Java
Authority file	: Q18508199 VIAF: 72185583 ISNI: 0000000066686421 ULAN: 500013416 LCCN: nr98042633 Open Library: OL6453749A WorldCat

Title

Français : Representation du Feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck

Deutsch: Schreckenvolle Feuersbrunst welchs zu Neu Yorck

English: Representation of the great fire at New York

Description

English: Artist's depiction of the Great Fire of New York on September 19, 1776. Text in French and German describing the event. French caption reads:

Français : Representation du Feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck

(Representation of the great fire at New York). German caption (with similar translation) reads:

Deutsch: Schreckenvolle Feuersbrunst welche zu Neu Yorck von denen Americanern in der Nacht vom 19. Herbst Monath 1776 angelegt worden, wodurch alle Gebäude auf der West Seite der neuen Börse längst der Brook Strant biss an das Königl[iche] Kollegii mehr als 1600 Häuser, die Dreifaltigkeits Kirche, die Lutherische Kappelle u[nd] die Armen Schule in Asche verwandelt worden.

Date

1776

Notes

English: An imagined reconstruction of the fire that ravaged Manhattan during the British siege in September 1776, as part of the American Revolutionary War. Flames are shown engulfing large, elegant buildings lining a long street (perhaps intended for Broadway), as skirmishes take place and figures flee carrying their belongings. The architecture is derived from European sources and the print is part a series engraved in Augsburg and sold internationally. The title is engraved backwards because the works were intended to be shown on a wall or screen using a "magic lantern", an optical device that projected the image by means of candles and mirrors. A type of print are also known as a "Vue d'Optique."

from Met Museum

Source/Photographer

New York Public Library Digital Collection: Image ID=psnypl_prn_972 URL: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?psnypl_prn_972

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	03:20, 6 August 2010	760 × 540 (154 KB)	Magicpiano (talk \| contribs)	New version, larger with color, from NYPL.
	07:33, 23 August 2007	249 × 175 (19 KB)	Urban~commonswiki (talk \| contribs)	uploaded from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NYC_fire_1776.jpg == Summary == www.pbs.org/wnet/heroes/history1.html == Licensing == {{PD-old}} Category:New York City before 1900