"View in Green Park, the structure in question central in the view, Buckingham House beyond on the left, a few more buildings and rolling country side in the background, a number of fashionably dressed figures in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Veüe perspective du batiment magnifique, erigé dans le Parc Verd pour le Feu f'Artifice Royal exhibé le 27 d'Avril 1749, sur l'occasion de le paix general
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Sheet numbered "127" (later corrected to "129") in ink in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill
"A neo-classical façade with the royal arms at the top, three openings, the centre one arched, with a statue of Peace, Neptune and Mars below it, a double staircase leading up to it and a balustraded arcade extending to either side, ending in small lodges with triangular pediments; showing the disposition of the fireworks, rows of roman candles and catherine wheels, with a large catherine wheel above the arms, in which the words 'Vivat Rex' appear; with a plan below"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text above image., Publisher from British Museum online catalogue., Text below title begins: The height of the machine 114 ft. to the top of His Majesty's arms ..., Text at bottom of plate begins: By order of His Grace the Duke of Montagu, Master General, and The Right Honble. the Lt. General and the rest of the principal officers ..., "'The Machine invented and design'd by the Chevr. Servandoni"--Lower left corner of design., "The Fireworks principally perform'd by the Signr. Gaetano, Ruggieri, and Giuseppe Sarti of Bolognia"--Lower right corner of design., "Price 1 shilling.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., and Acquired in honor of Joan Hall Sussler on the occasion of her retirement from The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, 31 July 2002.
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 3, 1748.
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 31+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
View of the great fireworks on account of [the] general peace
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: This elegant piece of architecture is 410 long & 105 feet high, is embellish'd with statues of Justice, Prudence, Fortitude ..., and Sheet numbered "130" in ink in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for Tho. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard & John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill
"View at night of the structure erected for the firework display in St James's Park in 1749, showing the fireworks in action."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Alternative Title:
View of the public fireworks exhibited on occasion of the general peace concluded October 7, 1748
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from description of varaint state in the British Museum online catalogue., Variant (earlier?) state, showing fewer fireworks, of a print in the British Museum. See British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Letterpress broadside with a description of the Grand National Jubilee of 1814 surrounded by eight woodcut views (clockwise from top): The Temple; The Pagoda on Fire; The Jubilee Balloon; The Enemy on Fire; Sham Fight on the Serpentine; Boarding an American; The Royal Booth; The Castle
Description:
Title from first line of text below image. and "Price sixpence plain, or one shilling coloured"--Price below imprint.
Publisher:
Printed and published by John Fairburn, Jun. Fountain Court, Minories
