Additional Makers
Publisher - Thomas Greenwood; Aquatinter - Joseph Jeakes; Publisher - G Latilla; Etcher - Robert William Smart
Description
View of the temporary structure built in Green Park for the firework display to celebrate the Peace of Paris; a classical building with a central domed structure rising from a base, all decorated with twinned pillars on either side of painted transparencies; water flowing into basins from fountains at the lower corners; chariots with rearing horses on the summit; state without Jeakes's name. 1814. Etching and aquatint, hand-coloured.
Inscription
Lettered below image with production detail: "J. Pain delin. / R. W. Smart sculp.", title, followed by "Invented by Sir WIlliam Congreve Bart / And Erected in the Green Park for the Display of / A Grand Firework, / In Celebration of the Glorious Peace of 1814". Followed by the information "The Design & Decorations made by Messrs Greenwood & Latilla of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane / The Allegorical Transparencies Designed by Mr Howard, R.A / and Painted by him; Messrs Smirke, Stothard, Woodforde, Dawe, Hil
Image Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Image Credit
image © Trustees of the British Museum
Location
Green Park, London, England
Country
England
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
