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Disasters and Catastrophes

Dramatic prints illustrating disasters, such as flooding and explosions, capturing intense moments of chaos and destruction with emotional depth.

Heyden, Jan van der, Northern Netherlands, Fire on the Lauriersgracht in Amsterdam, 1669, Fighting a fire in a sugar factory on the Lauriergracht in Amsterdam with old fire engines and water from the canal, December 29, 1669. Nevertheless, the building burned down completely. Household goods are shown on the right taken from an adjacent building. Top left an open space for an inscription., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 192 mm, width 133 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1690 - 1699, fourth quarter 17th century, third quarter 19th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1637-03-05 - 1712-03-28, after print by, intermediary draughtsman
Heyden, Jan van der, Northern Netherlands, Fire on the Lauriersgracht in Amsterdam, 1669, Fighting a fire in a sugar factory on the Lauriergracht in Amsterdam with old fire engines and water from the canal, December 29, 1669. Nevertheless, the building burned down completely. Household goods are shown on the right taken from an adjacent building. Top left an open space for an inscription., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 192 mm, width 133 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1690 - 1699, fourth quarter 17th century, third quarter 19th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1637-03-05 - 1712-03-28, after print by, intermediary draughtsman
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Two walkers watch the smoking Etna, Jan Luyken, 1711 print Amsterdam paper etching Etna
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Fireworks Over Castel St. Angelo, Rome Unknown.. Gouache on lithograph American Art
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See child'ren! In Deez 'print / how destroyed by a fierce fire / church building / but is back. / Representative four departments. Leaf with 4 performances of different states of the Round Lutheran Church in Amsterdam, including the Church on September 18, 1822, as a ruin and rebuilt. Under each image a four-line fresh and above each image a number and a title. Numbered at the top right: No. 51.
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The Life of a Fireman: The New Era. Steam andMuscle.. Artist: Charles Parsons, American, born England, 1821-1910 Publisher: Currier & Ives, American, active 1834-1907
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Kotov, Pyotr Ivanovich (1889-1953) State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow 1931 119x90 Oil on canvas Soviet Art Russia History
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The construction of the Trocadero in 1876 Giuseppe de Nittis (1846-1884). The construction of the Trocadero in 1876. Gouache and watercolored wash.
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Eruption Del Vesuvius Del 1794.
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Propaganda Drop over a Boulevard. Fédèle Azari (Italian, 1895 - 1930)
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Composition Inédite de Victor Hugo.
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A Shower of Ashes upon Ottaviano Charles Caryl Coleman (American, 1840-1928). A Shower of Ashes upon Ottaviano, April 14, 1906. Pastel on gray-blue laid paper, mounted to board, image: 10 9/16 x 8 7/16 in. (26.8 x 21.4 cm). Best known for the more highly finished technique of his oils, Charles Caryl Coleman here employed the spontaneous medium of pastel to record the aftermath of the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, not far from the artists home on the island of Capri, in Italy. Colemans depiction of the event closely resembles period photographs of the climax of the disaster on April 7, when lava fountains and earthquakes decimated the small, nearby town of Ottaviano. American Art April 14, 1906
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Hammering in the first rivet to put the Statue of Liberty on its pedestal, Paris, France, from a photograph by Pierre Petit, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 2019, Volume LXXVIII, November 5, 1881.