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

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, Nathaniel Currier, The New York Sun

1840 Print

63.550.345(1)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Find similar Show on map

About this artwork

Similar artworks

Burning of the Henry Clay Near Yonkers–While on Her Trip From Albany to New York on Wednesday Afternoon July 28th, 1852.–The rapid spread of the flames forced the passengers into the water. Mothers and children, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters were drowned together, whilst trying to save each other. Little children buffetted the waves in vain for a few moments, and then sunk to rise no more. Persons on board about 500 of which number nearly 100 are supposed to have perished.

Burning of the Henry Clay Near Yonkers–While on Her Trip From Albany to New York on Wednesday Afternoon July 28th, 1852.–The rapid spread of the flames forced the passengers into the water. Mothers and children, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters were drowned together, whilst trying to save each other. Little children buffetted the waves in vain for a few moments, and then sunk to rise no more. Persons on board about 500 of which number nearly 100 are supposed to have perished.

Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier

The Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24th, 1862: Destruction of the Rebel Gunboats, Rams, and Iron Clad Batteries by the Union Fleet under Flag Officer Farragut

The Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24th, 1862: Destruction of the Rebel Gunboats, Rams, and Iron Clad Batteries by the Union Fleet under Flag Officer Farragut

Currier & Ives

Terrific Combat Between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns – In Hampton Roads March 9th, 1862 – In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers

Terrific Combat Between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns – In Hampton Roads March 9th, 1862 – In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers

Currier & Ives

The Constitution and Guerriere–Fought August 19th, 1812–The The Guerriere had 15 men killed and 63 wounded–The Constitution had 7 men killed and 7 wounded

The Constitution and Guerriere–Fought August 19th, 1812–The The Guerriere had 15 men killed and 63 wounded–The Constitution had 7 men killed and 7 wounded

Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier, Copyright, Sarony & Major

The Duke of Athol, East Indiaman

The Duke of Athol, East Indiaman

James Gillray, Robert Wilkinson

British Tars Towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broad-Bottom Leviathan trying Billy's Old Boat, and the Little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition

British Tars Towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broad-Bottom Leviathan trying Billy's Old Boat, and the Little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition

James Gillray, Hannah Humphrey, George Canning, Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Napoléon Bonaparte, William Pitt, John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent

The Whale Fishery: Attacking a "Right Whale" --and "Cutting In"

The Whale Fishery: Attacking a "Right Whale" --and "Cutting In"

Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives

British Tars, Towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour

British Tars, Towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour

James Gillray

Loss of the Kent, East Indiaman

Loss of the Kent, East Indiaman

Kronheim & Co.

Dreadful Wreck of the Mexico on Hempstead Beach, January 2nd, 1837 – As Now Exhibiting at Hanington Dioramas–Perished in All–115 Souls.

Dreadful Wreck of the Mexico on Hempstead Beach, January 2nd, 1837 – As Now Exhibiting at Hanington Dioramas–Perished in All–115 Souls.

After H. Sewell, Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier, Benjamin H. Day

An Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

An Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

George Cruikshank

Rescue from a Burning Warship. A Scene from the War Between China and Japan

Rescue from a Burning Warship. A Scene from the War Between China and Japan

Kobayashi Kiyochika