Edward Armitage

Lot 352: Edward Armitage, (British, 1817-1896), In Memory of the Chicago Fire

Name: Edward Armitage, (British, 1817-1896), In Memory of the Chicago Fire
Brand: Hindman
SKU: d09x63jyzy

Est: $8,000 USD - $12,000 USD

HindmanChicago, IL, USDecember 13, 2007

Item Overview

Description

Edward Armitage
(British, 1817-1896)
In Memory of the Chicago Fire
charcoal on paper
signed "E. Armitage 1872" (lower right)
41 1/4 x 54 inches.

Artist or Maker

Edward Armitage

Condition Report

not examined out of frame, under glass, foxing mostly visible in margins and sky, surface dirt.
Framed: 47 x 59 inches.

Notes

After the devastating Chicago fire of 1871, citizens of many foreign countries established relief funds to help the 90,000 Chicagoans left homeless from the catastrophe. In England, the weekly illustrated paper The Graphic raised a significant amount of money for the effort as well. When it was announced that the City of Chicago had received enough funds to meet the immediate needs of the sufferers, The Graphic decided to use their funds to commission a large mural for the city by Edward Armitage. After it was gifted to the city, it was housed in the collection of the Chicago Historical Society until it was destroyed by fire in the early 1950s.

Reproduced below is an 1885 version of the mural created for the frontispiece of volume two of A.T. Andreas'' influential work entitled History of Chicago from the Earliest Period to the Present Time in Three Volumes. Other more modest versions of the work were reproduced in print, but the present work shows the original intent of the artist for the mural. Lot 352 was executed by the artist in 1872 as a drawing for the destroyed canvas and was exhibited at the Royal Academy in London that same year.

Auction Details

American and European Art

Hindman

December 13, 2007, 12:00 PM CST

1338 West Lake Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, US

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