Chicago in Flames

Lawrence W. Ladd, Chicago in Flames, ca. 1880, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Bates and Isabel Lowry, 1986.70.11
Lawrence W. Ladd, Chicago in Flames, ca. 1880, watercolor and pencil on paper, sheet: 18 x 29 1⁄8 in. (45.7 x 74.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Bates and Isabel Lowry, 1986.70.11
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Artwork Details

Title
Chicago in Flames
Artist
Date
ca. 1880
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 18 x 29 1⁄8 in. (45.7 x 74.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Bates and Isabel Lowry
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor and pencil on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Cityscape — Illinois — Chicago
  • Architecture Exterior — civic — Chamber of Commerce
  • Disaster — fire
  • Figure group
Object Number
1986.70.11
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.70.11

Works by this artist (2 items)

Elizabeth W. Capron, To Miss Wheaton; Religion, 1830, watercolor and pen and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.103B
To Miss Wheaton; Religion
Artist
Date1830
watercolor and pen and ink on paper
Not on view
Elizabeth W. Capron, Still Life, ca. 1830-1848, oil on velvet mounted on paper with cotton thread, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.103A
Still Life
Artist
Dateca. 1830-1848
oil on velvet mounted on paper with cotton thread
Not on view

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