Additional Makers
Publisher - Benjamin Burnell; Print maker - Thomas Malton
Description
View of Ratcliff after the fire of 1794showing the extent of the devastation; in foreground to left a few boats moore, a family nearby on a small rowing boat, the fire still raging in the background. 1794. Etching, aquatint and hand-colouring.
Inscription
Lettered below image with title, followed by "Taken from a Station on the River Thames, a few days after the late dreadful Conflagration, which happened on the 23rd July 1794, and destroyed 453 dwelling Houses, besides public Buildings / This Print is most humbly Inscribed to the Humane Committee, who came forward to administer relief to the indigent Sufferers by Benjn Burnell". With production details: "B. Burnell pinxt / T. Malton Sculpt / Publish'd as the Act directs Novr 30th 1794, by B. Burnell No. 16
Image Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Image Credit
image © Trustees of the British Museum
Location
Ratcliffe Lane, London, England
Country
England
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture