Title: Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Eve, January 13th, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence, over 100 Persons Perished
Object type: Print
Date: 1840
Artist:  William Keesey Hewitt 
Artist bio: American, 1817–1893
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions: Image: 8 7/16 in. × 12 in. (21.4 × 30.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 9/16 × 14 1/2 in. (29.3 × 36.8 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: Human Figures, term: Fire, term: Boats, term: Ships