Caption

Depiction of smoking ruins after the Great Chicago Fire of October 1871, In the foreground and center are charred remains, destroyed brick walls and skeletons of burnt out buildings under a nocturnal, smoke-covered sky with pale moonlight, authentic, digitally restored reproduction in high resolution from a 19th century original, exact date of presentation unknown, American history, historical

Date

Aug 17, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26I09_055

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

149.2Mb (49.7Mb) / 27.2in x 21.3in / 8172 x 6381 (300dpi)

Keywords

no people dark darkness black old-fashioned obsolete date ruin wall building history drawing accurate fire flame remain death sceleton bone sky moon North America USA America classic illustration depiction mood smoke American digital antiquity dead historic scary moonlight big burn damage center atmospheric state pale old restored night shot contemporary nostalgia drawn retro charred destroyed high US-American authentic woodcut restoration former nostalgic vintage burnt out sketch printing method Illinois Chicago replication 19th century brick Historic illustration Brick wall Wood engraving October deserted oldfashioned outdated Ruined building structure precise remnant skeleton United States of America classical representation atmosphere ancient times historical creepy large lighted centre at night Retro style wrecked tall real xylograph reconstruction burned out nineteenth century Historical illustration nobody old fashioned antiquated construction exact lefover United States frightening great middle night bust realistic woodprint reproduction 1900s outmoded out of date US-America eerie in the centre broken genuine replica spooky damaged copy defective corrupted dates ruins walls buildings drawings fires flames remains deaths sceletons bones skies moons illustrations depictions smoking digitally Altertum burning damages centers states nightshot woodcuts restorations formerly printing methods 19th-century bricks Historic illustrations Ruined buildings skeletons classically historically night view night-time reconstructions Historical illustrations constructions nighttime replicas no one on black remainder depicting smokes vaping historical image history image history images burns blazing central moody oldest night photograph restoration work vintage-styled brickwall brickwalls representing night picture night photo