Fire

Date1799

Publisher Joseph Read

MediumHand-colored line and stipple engraving

DimensionsOther (plate): 13 5/8 × 10 1/8in. (34.6 × 25.7cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1971-3323,4

DescriptionLower margin reads: "FIRE / London Publish'd Jan.y 8.th by Jos. Read. 133 Pall Mall."Label TextOne of a set of four prints of the elements. This print, representing fire, depicts a woman seattednext to a fireplace using a pair of bellows to stoke the fire.

For the rest of the set: 1971-3323, 1,3, & 4.ProvenanceBefore 1971, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1971-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).