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TitleFire Scene in the Bowery

Creator nameShinn, Everett

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1904

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching and engraving

Dimensions9 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (25.1 x 17.5 cm)

LocationUnknown

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsNight in artFire in artPoverty in art

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8. Contrast, Confrontation, and Spectacle: The Alterity of Urban Nights

Hélène Valance, Jane M. Todd (Translator)

Nocturne: Night in American Art, 1890–1917

Night in art; Cities and towns in art; Slums; Poverty in art; Emigration and immigration ...

Author

Hélène Valance, Jane M. Todd (Translator)

PublisherYale University Press

PublisherTerra Foundation for American Art

Related print edition pages: pp.151-167

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00087.014

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16994&redirecttoanchor=27602

Chapter subject tags:Nocturne painting, American--19th centuryUrbanization--United States--19th centuryElectric lighting--HistoryRiis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914Photography--History--19th centuryAmusement parks--United States--19th centuryPoverty--United States--19th century

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