The Conflagration of the Masonic Hall

1819

John Hill, Artist S. Kennedy and S. S. West, Publisher

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Title The Conflagration of the Masonic Hall

Artwork Date 1819

Makers John Hill (Artist) English, 1770-1850 S. Kennedy and S. S. West (Publisher) American

Medium Etching and aquatint printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper

Dimensions Image: 21 1/4 × 17 1/2 inches (54 × 44.5 cm) Sheet: 27 × 20 1/4 inches (68.6 × 51.4 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 61.101

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Painted by S. Jones - the Figures by I.L. Krimmell. Inscribed, lower center: PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM SMITH, 702 SOUTH 3RD ST. PHILA. Inscribed, ower right: Engraved by J. Hill. Inscribed, lower center: The Conflagration of the MASONIC HALL Chestnut Street Philadelphia. | which occurred on the Night of the 9th of March 1819. | This Plate is respectfully dedicated to the active and much esteemed Fire Engine and Hose Companies, by their Obedt,, Servts,, S. Kennedy and S.S. West. | Published June 1819, by S. Kennedy, and S.S. West, No. 72 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Inscribed, in pencil on a two inch strip cut from the bottom of the sheet and loosely housed in the same mat: Mr. IM Parter is a duly appointed [illegible] Agent for the Publisher | Wm Smith, April 13th 1864.

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1961-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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The Institute Collects. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1965, p. 18.

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John Hill, The Conflagration of the Masonic Hall, 1819, etching and aquatint printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund, 61.101.