Hanover Square, (painting).

Hanover Square, (painting).

Ackerman, J., painter. (attributed to)

Ackerman, James, b. 1813, painter. (possibly by)

Hanover Square, (painting).

Oil on wood panel.

59 1/5 x 73 1/5 in.

Depiction of Hanover Square on the morning after the fire of 1835. Among the ruins, merchants are examining the contents of their safes which were resucued from the damaged buildings.

Disaster -- Fire

Cityscape -- New York -- New York City

Cityscape -- Street -- Hanover Square

Occupation -- Vendor

Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10029 Accession Number: 29.100.1334

Formerly in the collection of Davies, J. Clarence,

Attributed to J. Ackerman, possibly James Ackerman (b. 1813).

"Painting the town, cityscapes of New York: paintings from the Museum of the City of New York," New Haven, Conn.: Museum of the City of New York in association with Yale University Press, 2000.

Museum of the City of New York, 1974.

"Painting the town, cityscapes of New York: paintings from the Museum of the City of New York," New Haven, Conn.: Museum of the City of New York in association with Yale University Press, 2000, pg. 95.

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