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About this object

  • Maker:

    Dutch School, 17th century

  • ID:

    57.54

  • Production date:

    1666-1675

  • Location:

    In Store

  • 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.

  • Measurements

    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)

  • Materials

    oil; wood

  • Last Updated

    2024-03-26

FURTHER INFORMATION
  • NUMBER OF ITEMS

    1

  • STATUS

    permanent collection

  • CREDIT

    Purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund

  • COPYRIGHT HOLDER

    digital image copyright Museum of London

  • Related Event

    Great Fire of London 1666 (depicted)

  • Related place

    City of London (depicted)

  • Related Group

    The Great Fire of London 1666

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