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Suggestions for the Public Supply of Steam

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Date

c.1870-1878

Artist

Edward Alfred Sargent (1842-1914)

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Image Link

https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/suggestions-for-the-public-supply-of-steam-4945

Description

In a place that seems vaguely like lower Manhattan, it is winter and summer at the same time. Buildings are on fire on one floor while people calmly go about their business on another. Factories hum, bankers are warmed, and sidewalks kept clear of ice—all by the power of steam. The nerve center is in the basement of the building on the right, filled with dozens of boilers. This watercolor seems to be the design for a print that advertised Lewis W. Leeds’s ideas about steam, but we haven’t been able to find out if the print was ever made. Looking down Broadway from 23rd Street. Coach in snowy street left, fire above; sectional elevation of activities in printing building foreground right. Medium: Watercolour.

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Public Domain

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Image courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Location

Madison Square, New York City, New York, USA

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