Habermann, Franz Xaver. (1721 - 1796) Representation du Feu Terrible a Nouvelle Yorck [Great Fire of New York], 1776 PrintStriking hand colored engraving on laid paper, a 1776 vue d'optique or Lantern Print offering a European artist's conception of the Great New York Fire of 1776. The view depicts parts of downtown New York, near Broadway, the original Stock Exchange, the original Kings College, and Trinity Church, fully engulfed in flames. British soldiers, dressed in their signature red coats are savagely beating the city's panicked inhabitants while enslaved Africans