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Great Fire, London, England, 1666

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  • Statuette of a naked boy standing on a corbel, commemorating the Great Fire of London, 1666. Etching on a mezzotint ground by J. T. Smith after himself, 1791.
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    • Ephemera

    Oversize ephemera. EPH+52.

    • Ephemera

    Charles R. : His Majesty in his princely compassion and very tender care, taking into consideration the distressed condition of many of his good subjects, whom the late dreadful and dismal fire hath made destitute of habitations, and exposed to many exigencies and necessities : for present remedy and redresse whereof ... Given at our court at Whitehall, this fifth day of September, in the eighteenth year of our reign, one thousand six hundred sixty six. God save the King.

    Great Britain. | Date: [1666]
    • Ephemera

    By the King, a proclamation for the keeping of markets to supply the City of London with provisions, and also for prevention of alarms and tumults, and for appointing the meeting of merchants / Charles R.

    | Date: 1666
    • Books

    1666 : plague, war and hellfire / Rebecca Rideal.

    Rideal, Rebecca | Date: 2016
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    Statuette of a naked boy standing on a corbel, commemorating the Great Fire of London, 1666. Etching on a mezzotint ground by J. T. Smith after himself, 1791.

    Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833. | Date: 11 January 1791 | Reference: 24264i
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