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The Burning Of The Houses Of Lords Art Print
by Heritage Images
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The Burning Of The Houses Of Lords art print by Heritage Images. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834, 1835. On the night of October 16, 1834, fire consumed the Houses of Parliament in... more
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The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834, 1835. On the night of October 16, 1834, fire consumed the Houses of Parliament in London. Londoners gathered along the banks of the river Thames to gaze in awe at the horrifying spectacle. Initially, a low tide made it difficult to pump water to fire-fighting equipment on land; likewise, it hampered steamers towing fire-fighting equipment up the river. Although the tides eventually shifted, the effort was futile, as the fire burned uncontrollably for hours. Turner records this as the steamers in the lower-right corner head toward the flames.Although Turner based the painting on an actual event, he used the disaster as the starting point to express man?s helplessness when confronted with the destructive powers of nature, here dissolved in brilliant swaths of colour and variable atmospheric effects that border on abstraction. Creator James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903). (Photo by Heritage Arts/Heritage Images via G...
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