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Hand-colored 18th-century print of a city street with huge flames and smoke rising over buildings while small figures flee in the foreground.

Print, "Representation Du Feu Terrible A Nouvelle Yorck"

A hand-colored engraved view of a city ablaze, with towering billows of smoke and flame rising over rooftops and a wide street. Small figures run, carry bundles and crowd the foreground, while a printed caption runs along the bottom edge beneath the scene.

Artist
Habermann
Date
late 18th century
Medium
lithograph (overall material)
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size
2560 × 1803 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1800).
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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