Samuel Jones, 1819 - Conflagration of the Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - fine art print

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On March 9, 1819, Masonic Hall, built just 8 years earlier, burned to the ground. A Philadelphia publisher commissioned artists Samuel Jones and John Lewis Krimmel to create a composition of the fire’s devastation for distribution as a print (etched by John Hill). Circulation of such sensational events was an early 19th-century means of broadcasting news, expanding the reach of fine arts, and making a profit. Jones painted this work, which served as a study for the print. Krimmel, the nation’s first great genre painter, was hired to refine and amplify the figural scene in the foreground. As the print’s composition reveals significant changes to the figures, it is unknown if Krimmel executed any of the figures here, or if he developed his designs wholly apart from this painting.

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The over 200 year-old painting Conflagration of the Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was painted by Samuel Jones. The 200 year-old original of the artpiece measures the size: 48,4 × 60 cm (19 1/6 × 22 1/6 in). Oil on mahogany panel was used by the painter as the technique for the masterpiece. It belongs to the art collection of Art Institute Chicago. With courtesy of - Art Institute Chicago (license: public domain). Creditline of the artwork: Restricted gift of Wesley M. Dixon Jr., Jamee J. and Marshall Field, Gloria and Richard Manney, Brooks and Hope B. McCormick Foundation, Mrs. Philip D. Sang, and Jeffrey Shedd; gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne, Leon Mandel, Stella Manheimer, Vena F. Schaaf, and Celia Schmidt by exchange; the Edward E. Ayer, Marian and Samuel Klasstorner, and A.A. McKay funds. The alignment of the digital reproduction is in landscape format with an aspect ratio of 1.2 : 1, which means that the length is 20% longer than the width.

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