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Fire Company’s House and Engine
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William Heine

Fire Company’s House and Engine

1856

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William Heine

Fire Company’s House and Engine

1856

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.)
Portfolio/Series From Matthew Calbraith Perry's "Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan"
Credit Line Gift of Eileen Higham in Memory of her Husband, John Higham
Object Number 2004.44
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2004; Eileen Higham, Baltimore.

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

American, born Germany, 1827-1885

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