Sujet

The Bowling-Green, and Broadway, 1845. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Bowling-Green, and Broadway, 1845. Fire in New York City. 'This formerly cool and refreshing spot was soon transformed into a scorching and arid waste. The heat all around it was so great, that nothing but hardihood could approach it. Dense volumes of smoke so obscured it, that a distinct view could not be had of the fountain, even from the iron railing. In no quarter, perhaps, were the destructive effects of the conflagration more apparent than at the Bowling green, where, but yesterday, ail was green, fresh exhilarating, and beautiful, but where now all is changed into a dreary desert'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM21A07_040

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

38,0Mo (4,3Mo) / 42,0cm x 22,7cm / 4960 x 2681 (300dpi)

Mots clés

park building buildings destruction New York City fountain fountains fire flame flames British damage ruins ruin location debris rubble Victorian century Britain newspapers press concept ruined Broadway B&W new york state United States of America 19th century black & white black and white B W Bowling Green nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN ILN street newspaper engraving Unknown débris