Conflagration of the Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
A night scene of a large fire engulfing a Gothic-style building with a tall spired tower, its flames and smoke rising into a dark sky. A dense crowd of silhouetted figures watches from the street in the foreground, while a lit brick building stands at left.
- Artist
- Samuel Jones
- Date
- 1819
- Medium
- Oil on mahogany panel
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1470 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1819).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by 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
