Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1666-1675
The Great Fire of London
This painting shows a view of the Great Fire as imagined between eight and nine o'clock on the evening of Tuesday, 4 September 1666, from a boat in the vicinity of Tower Wharf. The viewpoint selected which was the safest for sketching and authentic details like the minutely observed sparks scattered high over the city, suggest that the unknown artist may have been an eye-witness of the event. Likewise certain topographical details which could not have been learnt from other pictures or engravings demonstrate that the artist knew London.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 57.54
- Object name:
- The Great Fire of London
- Object type:
- painting, oil on panel
- Artist/Maker:
- Dutch School, 17th century
- Related people:
- —
- Related events:
- Great Fire of London 1666
- Related places:
- London
- Production date:
- 1666-1675
- Material:
- oil, wood
- Measurements/duration:
- H 897 mm, W 1516 mm (unframed), H 1030 mm, W 1660 mm, D 65 mm (framed), WT 55000 g (55 kg) (overall), H 1030 mm, W 1610 mm, D 60 mm (overall)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Credit:
- Purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund
- Copyright holder:
- digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- —
- License this image:
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