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This landscape painting depicts a view from the rooftop of the Belvedere Hotel of the Great Baltimore Fire that burned thousands of buildings in the city on February 8, 1904. A smoky haze obscures much of the foreground of the painting while orange flames and clouds of black smoke are seen raging above the city…

Baltimore Fire

Description

This landscape painting depicts a view from the rooftop of the Belvedere Hotel of the Great Baltimore Fire that burned thousands of buildings in the city on February 8, 1904. A smoky haze obscures much of the foreground of the painting while orange flames and clouds of black smoke are seen raging above the city skyline in the background.

Creator

Date

1904

Materials

Oil on canvas

Object ID

BCLM-MA.1067

Resource ID

9297

Notes

Signed lower right corner.

Credit Line

Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Gift of Mr. C. Morgan Marshall

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.