Title

'Westminster Bridge and the Burning of the Houses of Parliament from Lambeth', 1835. Artist: Thomas Luny

Caption

'Westminster Bridge and the Burning of the Houses of Parliament from Lambeth', 1835. People watch the smoke and flames from boats on the River Thames, others seem to be moving barrels on the bank. To the right are Westminster Hall and Westminster Abbey. The fire at London's centre of government took place on the 16th October, 1834.
Museum of London

Date

1835

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Museum of London

Reference

HRM19A82_420

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,4Mb) / 16,2in x 12,0in / 4865 x 3592 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation exterior river building buildings London England River Thames Thames people religious orange boat boats politics night religion smoke bridge burning fire flame flames geography color colour palace Westminster disaster century rowing boat Houses of Parliament catastrophe abbey concept outside barrel barrels Westminster Abbey time of day Westminster Bridge 19th century water transport nineteenth century Palace of Westminster Westminster Hall City of Westminster Museum of London geographical feature TGN oil Thomas Luny Luny Thomas oil