Market Square, Providence, Rhode Island, During the Great September Gale, 1815, 1815. This anonymous drawing combines a meticulous depiction of actual buildings with a wonderfully abstract rendering of waves and weather effects. The artist was led to stretch his artistic abilities because of a bizarre and memorable event: a hurricane that washed ships into the streets of downtown Providence in September of 1815.
Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5184x3892
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