Sketch of fleeing from the burning city
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1871
- Description
Sketch on brown paper in pencil and chalk. Shows view down street; men, women, and children flee towards viewer carrying possessions. Buildings on left side, fire in white chalk in back ground.
- 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: (6.5 in)Width: (9 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). Sketch of fleeing from the burning city. 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1825. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891 (artist), (1871) Sketch of fleeing from the burning city. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1825
- 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/1825>.