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The Peace Commemoration at Plymouth - Rockets and General Illumination of the Fleet in the Sound - f Creator: Unknown.

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The Peace Commemoration at Plymouth - Rockets and General Illumination of the Fleet in the Sound - from a sketch by H. A. Luscombe, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War: '...it was determined that there should be a public display of fireworks on the Plymouth Hoe... there could not have been less than 60,000 or 70,000 persons present...the whole of the ships and gun-boats in the Sound and harbour were lighted up as if by magic, and the effect was of the most gorgeous description...The portholes were all lighted up, and blue lights were burnt at the fore, main, and cross jack yard-arms...there was a simultaneous discharge of hundreds of rockets from all the vessels...The display of fireworks was by Mr. Lane - a very clever local pyrotechnist...[the display] terminated with a grand discharge of shells, roman candles, and a flight of one hundred rockets at one instant'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.

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Photo12/Heritage Images

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HRM23A57_388

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Droits gérés

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30,9Mo (2,8Mo) / 32,9cm x 23,6cm / 3883 x 2785 (300dpi)

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transport transportation sea coast England boat boats coastal politics light night night sky lights ship ships British geography celebrations color peace devon lighting celebration celebrating commemoration political illumination war location century illuminated commemorative pyrotechnics Britain rocket rockets illuminate newspapers press concept illuminations Navy time of day B&W Plymouth warfare engraved engraving lit Up Colour naval warfare 19th century water transport warship black & white black and white B W commemorating white and black warships nineteenth century political event propaganda Royal Navy The Print Collector gas lighting geographical feature Illustrated London News Plymouth Hoe TGN ILN newspaper Crimean War sky Unknown naval ship 19th-century Henry A. Luscombe Luscombe Henry A. Henry Andrews Luscombe Luscombe Henry Andrews