Gallery›Wellcome Collection›As a fire rages in a house people are being helped to escape by means of chutes extended from the windows to the ground. Etching.
As a fire rages in a house people are being helped to escape by means of chutes extended from the windows to the ground. Etching.
Wellcome Collection

As a fire rages in a house people are being helped to escape by means of chutes extended from the windows to the ground. Etching.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: A representation of Mr Joachim Smith's new invented machine for escaping from fire.

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