Detail from an image showing fireworks in Hamburg to celebrate the coronation of Emperor Franz I. Stephan in 1745, found in Klebeband 10 of the Fürstlich Waldecksche Hofbibliothek.

Featured on PDR in the essay Picturing Pyrotechnics

Simon Werrett explores how artists through the ages have responded to the challenge of representing firework displays, from the highly politicised and allegorical renderings of the early modern period to Whistler's impressionistic Nocturne in Black and Gold.

Fireworks in Hamburg to Celebrate the Coronation of Emperor Franz I. Stephan in 1745 (Detail)

Date

1745

From

Klebeband 10 at Fürstlich Waldecksche Hofbibliothek


Underlying Rights

Public Domain Worldwide

Digital Rights

No Additional Rights


Image Size

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