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

Nathaniel Currier|William Keesey Hewitt|The New York Sun

1840 · Hand-colored lithograph · Drawings and Prints

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 — Nathaniel Currier|William Keesey Hewitt|The New York Sun

A fire blazes through The Lexington steamship as survivors hold on to floating pieces of ship debris. A map of Long Island Sound appears below the image. This version was printed at the Sun Office and has "The Extra Sun" printed at the top of the sheet. Seven newspaper columns have been trimmed from the lower portion of the original sheet. The seven columns of newspaper coverage are included in 63.550.345(2).

Artist: Nathaniel Currier|William Keesey Hewitt|The New York Sun
Date: 1840
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962