Burning of Savannah

Linked to Prints and Drawings of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

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The English artist Joshua Shaw painted Burning of Savannah in 1820 as part of a series depicting the "beautiful and sublime" in the American landscape. His paintings were published as hand-colored aquatints made by printmaker John Hill in London, England.

From Picturesque Views of American Scenery, by J. Shaw

Burning of Savannah

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