Fire in London [graphic]

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Title: Fire in London [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, artist.
Bluck, John (Printmaker), printmaker.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 September 1808]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 1st Septr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract: "View of the Albion Mills on fire at night; in foreground firemen lind up to fight flames, a number of hoses pointed at building, to the left men and horse-drawn carriages rush across Blackfriars Bridge towards the fire, people carry sacks away from flaming building; St Paul's in the distance across the river,"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 35.
Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 36.
Provenance: Acquisitions information unknown.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 22.9 x 28 cm, on sheet 26.4 x 34 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 646 808 M58 v.2
Collection Title: V. 2 Microcosm of London.
Collection Date: [London] : R. Ackermann's repository of arts, no. 101 Strand, [1808-10]

Genre: Pictorial works
Book illustrations
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Aquatints England London 1808
Etchings England London 1808
Material: aquatint and etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Blackfriars Bridge (London, England),
London (England)
England
London.
Subject (Name): Albion Mills (London, England)
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic): Fires
Fire fighting
Buildings
Subjects: Albion Mills (London, England)
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England)
Blackfriars Bridge (London, England)
London (England) > Pictorial works
Fires > England > London
Fire fighting > England > London
Buildings > England > London
England > London > 1808

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