A View of the Fire in Covent Garden by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm

Etching of a street fire in Covent Garden with smoke, ruined walls, carts, horses and a crowd of people working.

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This etching shows a street scene with billowing smoke and flames rising among ruined brick walls and damaged buildings. A crowd of figures works amid carts, a horse and rubble, while onlookers gather in the foreground. Samuel Hieronymus Grimm produced this print in 1769, depicting the fire in Covent Garden.

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1769

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Public domain