St. Louis Riverfront after the Great Fire of 1849, (painting).

St. Louis Riverfront after the Great Fire of 1849, (painting).

Lamasson, painter.

St. Louis Riverfront after the Great Fire of 1849, (painting).

Watercolor on paper.

Panoramic view looking toward the crumbling buildings along the riverfront.

Cityscape -- Missouri -- St. Louis

Cityscape -- River

Disaster -- Fire

St. Louis Mercantile Library, Thomas Jefferson Library Building, One University Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63121

Gift of Phillips, Nathaniel,

Dunn-Morton, Julie, "160 Years of Art at the St. Louis Mercantile Library: A Handbook to the Collections," St. Louis, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2007, pg. 56.

Dunn-Morton, Julie, "160 Years of Art at the St. Louis Mercantile Library: A Handbook to the Collections," St. Louis, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2007, pg. 57.

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