Details
Title Crawford, Martha, d. 1844.
Alternate title [Martha Crawford]
Publisher [New York : s.n.]
Date [1845?]
Physical description 1 print : wood engraving ; 8.1 x 9.1 cm.
Description Full-length portrait of Mrs. Crawford, burning to death, with a pipe on the floor nearby.
Notes In Serious almanac, 1845-’46, p. [31].
Mrs. Crawford, the wife of William Crawford Jr., died in their home in Elkton, Md. Apparently, she started a fire while lighting a pipe. Cf. Philadelphia inquirer (May 21, 1844).
The same image appears in Tragic almanac 18-46 (New York, 1845), p. [17].
Genre Portrait prints -- 1840-1849.
Engravings -- 1840-1849.
Subject Crawford, Martha, d. 1844 -- Portraits.
Violent deaths.
Fires -- Casualties.
Women -- Tobacco use.
Older women.
Women.