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The Boston Fire

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Artist

F. Shaw

Date

1876

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

18 x 30 in. (45.7 x 76.2 cm)

Inscription

inscribed lower left: “F. Shaw / 1876”

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert W. Pratt, 1986

Object Number

UR221