Saving a wagon leaded with household goods during the Chicago fire, 1871
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1871
- Description
Sketch on brown paper with pencil and white chalk. Shows loaded cart pulled by three horses galloping towards viewer. Flames drawn in white engulf buildings on right side. Driver is shielding his face from flames with his arm.
- Creator
Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891 (artist)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Visual works (works)
Drawings (visual works)
Sketches
Great Fire (1871 : Chicago, Ill.)
Disasters
Fires (events) - Location
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Height: (5.75 in)Width: (5.5 in)Paper (fiber product)Graphite pencilsChalk
- Language
- English
- Rights
- No known copyright restrictions.
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- Chicago citation style
- Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891 (artist). Saving a wagon leaded with household goods during the Chicago fire, 1871. 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1632. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891 (artist), (1871) Saving a wagon leaded with household goods during the Chicago fire, 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1632
- MLA citation style
- Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891 (artist). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1632>.