In the midst of life we are in death.

A nineteenth-century wood engraving depicts the tragic Richmond Theatre fire that took place on December 26, 1811. With the building engulfed in flames, a woman at the second floor window holds her arms aloft in terror. Piles of charred bodies lie outside the front door of the theater. Citation: Richmond, Virginia, in Old Prints, 1737-1887. Typ .V5 J57 1932. Special Collections, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.