Fire in an Opera House

Lawrence W. Ladd, Fire in an Opera House, ca. 1865-1895, pen and ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.177
Lawrence W. Ladd, Fire in an Opera House, ca. 1865-1895, pen and ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper, 17 3⁄4 x 28 5⁄8 in. (45.1 x 72.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.177
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Artwork Details

Title
Fire in an Opera House
Artist
Date
ca. 1865-1895
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
17 3⁄4 x 28 5⁄8 in. (45.1 x 72.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Mediums
Mediums Description
pen and ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture Interior — civic — theater
  • Performing arts — opera
  • State of being — emotion — fear
  • Figure group
  • Disaster — fire
Object Number
1986.65.177
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.65.177

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Date1920
oil on canvas
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Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Strong Woman and Child, 1925, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.50
Strong Woman and Child
Artist
Date1925
oil on canvas
On view
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Landscape, 1936, conte crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Evander Childs High School, Bronx, New York through the General Services Administration, 1975.83.107
Landscape
Artist
Date1936
conte crayon on paper
Not on view
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, (Untitled), 1931, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Nathaly Baum, 1976.21.9
(Untitled)
Artist
Date1931
Not on view