Title: Burning of the City Hall New York, on the night of the 17th August 1858 – Supposed to have taken fire from the fire works exhibited in commemoration of the successful laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable
Object type: Print
Date: 1858
Artist: Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives 
Artist bio: American, active New York, 1857–1907
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Publisher
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions: Image: 7 7/8 × 12 3/16 in. (20 × 31 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (25.2 × 35.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Buildings, term: Fire, term: New York City