On the 178th anniversary of The Day Parliament Burned Down, I’m enjoying this cartoon… If you’d like to follow the story of the 1834 fire in real time today and tomorrow, go to Twitter and follow @ParliamentBurns. See you there!
The 1834 Fire
How Turner Captured Parliament Burning in 1834
If you enjoyed this, you might also like these other blogposts about JMW Turner: Inspiration Talking Titles On the Anniversary of Turner’s Death
Publication Day
It’s finally here! More…
Chance, the London Firemen’s Dog
Stop me not! But onward let me jog! For I am Chance, the London firemen’s dog!
Just Arrived
As a friend who is a special collections librarian commented, “First edition, first issue in first state dust-jacket”.
The “Greatest” Fire of the 19th Century
One Hundred and Fifty-One Years ago today the huge Tooley Street fire of 1861 began. As the excellent @londonhistorian pointed out earlier today, this was the fire which led to the creation of the first public London Fire Brigade in 1866, and was the “greatest” fire in London since 1666. The fire is famous for a number of reasons, including […]
