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| Keywords: RoyalFireworks.jpg A VIEW of the FIRE-WORKES and ILLUMINATIONS at his GRACE the Duke of RICHMOND'S at WHITEHALL and on the River Thames on Monday 15 May 1749 Performed by the direction of Charles Fredrick Esq Hand coloured etching showing the Royal Fire-workes and Illuminations in Whitehall and on the River Thames on Monday 15 May 1749 The occasion for which George Frideric Handel composed his Music for the Royal Fireworks The firework display was for the benefit of King George II of Great Britain to celebrate the signing of the treaty at Aix la Chapelle in 1748 marking the end of the War of Austrian Succession Unfortunately during the display one of the fireworks landed on the pavilion of the Temple of Peace igniting the several thousand fireworks inside and killing three spectators http //www peopleplayuk org uk/guided_tours/drama_tour/18th_century/default php 1749 PD-old-100 http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Image RoyalFireworks jpg 18th-century etchings Engravings and etchings of the Thames Fireworks in art Georg Friedrich Händel 15 May 1749 War of the Austrian Succession Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle 1748 London in the 1740s Whitehall in art River Thames in London in art | ||||
