Sujet

Fireworks in Green Park, Westminster, London, 1749. Artist: Anon

Légende

Fireworks in Green Park, Westminster, London, 1749. A fireworks display, with music specially composed by Handel, was held to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession and the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.

Date

1749

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19B01_399

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,1Mo (1,6Mo) / 31,0cm x 24,3cm / 3660 x 2875 (300dpi)

Mots clés

park building buildings London England music arts night country British celebrations English color colour peace celebration fireworks location century Britain concept time of day Treaty 18th century Eighteenth Century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Green Park peace celebration TGN Fireworks Music Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle engraving Anon Anonymous George Frideric George Frideric Handel Handel George Frederick Handel Georg Friedrich Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks