A historical lithograph by Nathaniel Currier from 1840, entitled *Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington*, depicting the tragic fire and sinking of the American side-wheel steamer *Lexington* in Long Island Sound on 13 January 1840. On the evening of 13 January 1840, whilst en route from New York to Stonington (Connecticut), the paddle steamer caught fire, caused by overheated funnel linings which set alight the loaded bales of cotton. Of the estimated 143 to 150 people on board, only four survived, making it one of the most horrific shipping disasters of the 19th century in this region, American history, authentic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original, exact date of the depiction unknown, historical
Caption

A historical lithograph by Nathaniel Currier from 1840, entitled *Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington*, depicting the tragic fire and sinking of the American side-wheel steamer *Lexington* in Long Island Sound on 13 January 1840. On the evening of 13 January 1840, whilst en route from New York to Stonington (Connecticut), the paddle steamer caught fire, caused by overheated funnel linings which set alight the loaded bales of cotton. Of the estimated 143 to 150 people on board, only four survived, making it one of the most horrific shipping disasters of the 19th century in this region, American history, authentic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original, exact date of the depiction unknown, historical

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26I54_356

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

59.0Mb (19.7Mb) / 17.3in x 13.2in / 5193 x 3974 (300dpi)

Keywords

no people black evening old-fashioned obsolete date metropolis city urban history drawing art boat ship accurate four fire flame New York City North America USA America classic illustration depiction American digital antiquity historic old town burn state restored contemporary nostalgia drawn retro century person graphic US-American paddlesteamer authentic woodcut restoration former nostalgic Four People vintage sinking packed art print tragic sketch printing method travel photography Connecticut New York State lithography replication Downtown 19th century Steam Big City Print graphics Historic illustration Historic quarter Wood engraving deserted oldfashioned outdated major city town urban environment vessel precise 4 New York United States of America classical representation ancient times historical historic center lighted Retro style Human being paddle steamer real xylograph reconstruction 4 people loaded print midtown nineteenth century Historical illustration Historic district nobody old fashioned antiquated cosmopolitan city municipal exact NYC United States historic centre People realistic woodprint NY reproduction city center 1900s outmoded out of date US-America historic city center genuine replica city centre historic city centre copy town center historic old town Town centre historical old town Inner city old city Inner town old district Old town area evenings dates metropolises cities drawings arts boats ships fires flames illustrations depictions digitally Altertum old towns burning states centuries persons graphics paddlesteamers woodcuts restorations formerly sinkings art prints printing methods lithographies 19th-century Historic illustrations Historic quarters classically historically human reconstructions loading printing Historical illustrations Historic districts replicas old historic town no one on black depicting historical image history image history images Altstadt burns blazing individual individuals restoration work vintage-styled lithograph representing historic part humans load in the centre of

Please log in to download the high resolution file