A Perfect Description of the Firework in Covent Garden that was perform'd at the Charge of the Gentry and other inhabitants of that Parish for ye joyfull returan [sic] of His Ma-tiw from His Conquest in Ireland, Sept. 10, 1690

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A Perfect Description of the Firework in Covent Garden that was perform'd at the Charge of the Gentry and other inhabitants of that Parish for ye joyfull returan [sic] of His Ma-tiw from His Conquest in Ireland, Sept. 10, 1690

Bernard Lens II|John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith|Bernard Lens II

Date
1809
Medium
Etching and aquatint, hand colored (likely added later)
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed to plate): 9 1/16 × 10 1/2 in. (23 × 26.7 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
2013.1130.11
Credit line
Gift of Gray Foy, 2013

Artist information

British, 1659/60–1725|British, London 1766–1833 London|British, 1659/60–1725

Subjects and terms

  • Fire
  • Fireworks

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