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.
Also appearing in the essay…
Fireworks in Hamburg to Celebrate the Coronation of Emperor Franz I. Stephan in 1745 (Detail)
Date
1745
From
Klebeband 10 at Fürstlich Waldecksche Hofbibliothek
Image Size
771 x 800