Dec 10 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2689 -

Sale 2689 - Lot 230

Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(BOSTON -- GREAT FIRE.) James Wallace Black. View of the Burnt District from Chauncy Street, Boston, Nov. 1872. Panorama of 3 large albumen prints joined and fixed to a larger card mount with printed captions. Image 12½x46 inches, mount 18x51 inches; minor toning and foxing. Attractively presented in a period wood and gilt frame.
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A haunting 3-panel panorama documenting the devastation caused by the Great Fire of Boston on November 9-10, 1872. Affected areas of the city are identified on the mount, including the intersection in the foreground (Arch and Summer Streets), Trinity Church, Bunker Hill Monument, City Hall, Old South Church, Faneuil Hall, New Post Office, Custom House, Sailor's Home, Fort Winthrop, Fort Independence, and South Boston.

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