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Edward Orme
The Chinese bridge on fire : on the night of the celebration of the glorious peace of 1814
Peel 1970
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Lettered below image "Published & Sold Aug.t 12th 1814 by Edw.d Orme Bond St. London."
Summary:
Depicts pyrotechnics held at Saint James's Park in London in celebration of the end of the Napoleonic Wars. A Chinese bridge and pagoda illuminated with gas-jets were built across the canal. The print also shows the pagoda in flames when it accidentally caught fire (Cf. Brock).
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