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Hand-colored lithograph of Richmond burning at night, flames and smoke rising over the city above a long bridge across the.

The Fall of Richmond, Virginia, on the Night of April 2nd, 1865

A hand-colored lithograph shows Richmond, Virginia, ablaze at night. Tall orange flames and dark smoke rise above the city skyline, while a long wooden bridge crosses the river in the foreground, lit by the glow and crowded with small figures on its span.

Look closer: Tiny figures crowd the bridge and a small boat sits on the river below it.

Artist
Currier & Ives
Date
1865
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3495 × 2647 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1865).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962

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