Sujet

Ludgate, Great Fire of London, London, 1792. Artist: William Birch

Légende

View of Ludgate, London, 1792; showing the gate on fire during the Great Fire of London 1666 at the point when the walls of Ludgate Gaol fell. Also showing St Paul's Cathedral and St Mary-le-Bow with families on the move.

Date

1792

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A91_091

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,9Mo (5,6Mo) / 41,7cm x 30,0cm / 4923 x 3544 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building buildings England event destruction religious religion smoke fire flame flames cathedral church color colour dramatic ruins ruin Christianity gate disaster st pauls cathedral century city of london catastrophe concept ruined evacuation metaphor St Paul's Cathedral 18th century Eighteenth Century St. Paul's Cathedral Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Bow Church Great Fire of London 1666 Ludgate no smoke without fire St Mary le Bow St Mary-le-Bow TGN towering inferno up in flames up in smoke aquatint William Birch Jan Griffier;Griffier Jan;Jan Griffier the Elder Birch William