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Date:
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Object Number:
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Medium:
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View of the Ruins after the Great Fire of New York, 16 and 17 December 1835, as Seen from Exchange Place, New York City

Object Number: 
1980.54
Artist/Maker:
Nicolino Calyo
Date: 
1836
Medium: 
Gouache on heavy paper, laid on a larger sheet
Dimensions: 
Overall: 16 9/16 x 24 in. (42.1 x 61 cm)
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed below image on second sheet in brown ink: "View of the Ruins after the Great Fire in New-York, December 16th & 17th 1835, as seen from Exchange Place. -- New-York, Jan 1836 --"
Description: 
Cityscape
Credit Line: 
Thomas Jefferson Bryan Fund
Provenance: 
The Market, Paris; Old Print Shop, NYC; J. William Middendorf II, NYC; Kennedy Galleries, NYC, 1979
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group