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| Print ID | 1091 |
| Title | Exact Draught of the Fire Work |
| Location | IV: 117 |
| Image | No image is available for this print |
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| Publication Location | London |
| Publication Date | 1713 |
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| plate length (mm) | 294 |
| plate width (mm) | 428 |
| Technique | etching |
| Text on print | The Exact Draught of the FIRE WORK that was Performd on the River Thames July 7th. 1713, being the Thanksgiving day for the Peace Obtain’d by the Best of QUEENS. The Order for the fireing was thus, 1st 1 slanting Rocket from the shoar for a signal to fire 21 Cannon, Then 3 Rockets for a signal to fire the Machine or Frontispeice was 52 foot high 64 foot wide, which made a surprizing effect; as soon as the Machine was on fire 2 Rocket Chests each containing 36 Rockets; after that 6 Balloons in the Air, then follow’d ye water works and single Rockets as fast as possible to fire, And every 4 minutes 2 Rocket Chests with 6 Balloons in the Air, till ye whole was Consum’d. In ye whole Fire work, there was 100 Balloons of 7 inch Mortars, 2300 sky Rockets from 6 to 2 pounders, 1500 great & small water Rockets, 5 large water Pyramides, 4 water Fountains, 13 Pumps, 21 standing Rockets wth. lights all swiming on ye water 84 of Coll. Borgards large & small Bees swarms, half of which were set with lights to swim on the water All the Balloons and Rockets were Compos’d of different sorts of Fire, as Starrs, Reports, Gold & Silver rainfire, Squibbs &c. The work extended about 400 ft on Barges Chain’d together. Perform’d by Coll. Hopkey and Coll. Borgard by ye Direction of ye Board of Ordnance I: Thornhill inv: & fecit Aq: f. |
| Condition | c1 |
| Subject Index | View of the Fireworks on the Thames for the Peace of Utrecht |
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