The Great Fire of London [graphic]

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Title: The Great Fire of London [graphic]
Creator: Smith, Anker, 1759-1819, printmaker
Contributor: Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, artist.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: Feby. 1, 1805.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Abstract: "Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; several small laden boats and escaping people under the arch of a bridge on the right, others rowing up on the left, old St Paul's on the left bank and the city in flames further down the river on the right in the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Plate [163] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Provenance: Gift of Francis B. Trowbridge to the Yale University Library, 1904. Transferred to Lewis Walpole Library, September 1965.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 33 x 48 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title: Plate [163] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the first artists in the country, illustrative of the history of England.
Collection / Other Creator: Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834
Collection Date: London : Printed for the proprietor, R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall; by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1812.

Genre: Pictorial works
Historical reenactments
Engravings England London 1805
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Great Fire, London, England, 1666
Fires
Bridges
Boats
Subjects: Great Fire, London, England, 1666 > Pictorial works
Fires
Bridges
Boats
England > London > 1805

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