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Image number: RS.9956
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Dragon firework display
Date
1635
Object type
Library reference
25892
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 100mm
width (print): 160mm
width (print): 160mm
Description
'How to make a Dragon, or any other creature to run on the Line, by the help of fire'. Figure 10B from the book Pyrotechnia; or, A discourse of artificiall fire-works, by John Babington, (London, 1635).
Object history
Babington's book is the first description of recreational fireworks in English.
Associated place