William Keesey Hewitt, Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Eve, January 13th, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence, over 100 Persons Perished
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Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Eve, January 13th, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence, over 100 Persons Perished

William Keesey Hewitt · 1840

Artist
William Keesey Hewitt
Date
1840
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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William Keesey Hewitt, Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Eve, January 13th, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence, over 100 Persons Perished, 1840. Hand-colored lithograph. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/662131

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William Keesey Hewitt, Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Eve, January 13th, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence, over 100 Persons Perished. 1840. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/662131.

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Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Eve, January 13th, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence, over 100 Persons Perished (William Keesey Hewitt, 1840)

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