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Fire Company’s House and Engine

William Heine

Fire Company’s House and Engine

1855

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William Heine

Fire Company’s House and Engine

1855

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with hand coloring, Sheet: 225 × 288 mm. (8 7/8 × 11 5/16 in.) Image: 150 × 222 mm. (5 7/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Eileen Higham in Memory of her Husband, John Higham
Object Number 2004.44
Street scene from Matthew Calbraith Perry's Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2004; Eileen Higham, Baltimore.
Perry, Matthew Calbraith. Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan. Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, 1856.

Signed: one

Inscribed: RECTO: in matrix: LL: "From nature by W. Heine"; LWRC: "FIRE COMPANYS HOUSE & ENGINE"; LR: "Lith of SARONY & Co. New York"

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William Heine

1826–1884

American, born Germany, 1827-1885
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