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A Perfect Description of the Firework in Covent Garden that was perform'd at the Charge of the Gentry and other inhabitants of that Parish for ye joyfull returan [sic] of His Ma-tiw from His Conquest in Ireland, Sept. 10, 1690

Designer Bernard Lens II British
Printer Bernard Lens II British
1809
Not on view

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  • Title: A Perfect Description of the Firework in Covent Garden that was perform'd at the Charge of the Gentry and other inhabitants of that Parish for ye joyfull returan [sic] of His Ma-tiw from His Conquest in Ireland, Sept. 10, 1690
  • Designer: Bernard Lens II (British, 1659/60–1725)
  • Publisher: John Thomas 'Antiquity' Smith (British, London 1766–1833 London)
  • Printer: Bernard Lens II (British, 1659/60–1725)
  • Date: 1809
  • Medium: Etching and aquatint, hand colored (likely added later)
  • Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed to plate): 9 1/16 × 10 1/2 in. (23 × 26.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Gray Foy, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.1130.11
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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