The Great Fire at Boston
Currier and Ives
(American, 1857–1904)
1872
Medium/TechniqueHand-colored lithograph
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Francis M. Weld
Accession number63.1487
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn stone, at lower left: Published by Currier & Ives
In stone, at lower center: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1872 by Currier & Ives in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington
In stone, at lower right: 125 Nassau St New York
In stone, below image: The Great Fire at Boston, / November 9th & 10th 1872. / The Fire began on Saturday evening and raged for 15 hours; destroying over Sixty Acres of Buildings, among which were / whole blocks of the finest Granite Stores on the continent, and property estimated at nearly $100,000,000.
