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Brown aquatint of a crowd before a burning Gothic hall with a clock tower, water jets from fire engines arcing toward the building at night.

Lithograph, "The Conflagration of the Masonic Hall"

A crowd of men fills a night street before a Gothic-style hall with a tall spire and clock tower, while jets of water arc from fire engines toward the burning building. Brown tonal aquatint shows smoke and sparks rising against a cloudy sky, with dark silhouetted figures in the foreground.

Artist
Hill
Date
1819
Medium
aquatint (overall material)
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size
1311 × 1600 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1819).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

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