Memories of the Chicago Fire of 1871
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1912
- Description
Oil painting on canvas: depicts crowded street flanked by burning buildings, top half engulfed in fire and smoke. Many small, dark figures, some running and some on horseback or in carriages, are gathered primarily in lower left corner.
- Creator
Lemos, Julia, ca.1842-1923 (artist)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Visual works (works)
Paintings (visual works)
Oil paintings (visual works)
Great Fire (1871 : Chicago, Ill.)
Disasters
Fires (events) - Location
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Unframed Height: (25.25 in)Unframed Width: (38 in)Oil paint (paint)CanvasPainting (image-making)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- No known copyright restrictions.
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- Chicago citation style
- Lemos, Julia, ca.1842-1923 (artist). Memories of the Chicago Fire of 1871. 1912. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1661. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Lemos, Julia, ca.1842-1923 (artist), (1912) Memories of the Chicago Fire of 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1661
- MLA citation style
- Lemos, Julia, ca.1842-1923 (artist). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1661>.