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Image number: RS.9958
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Firework display featuring ships and castles
Date
1635
Object type
Library reference
25892
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 305mm
width (print): 295mm
width (print): 295mm
Description
'Another order for a generall worke [for the pleasure of a Prince or some great person], and is to be acted on the water'. Plate between pp 68 & 69 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