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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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.

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/37333 · 1791

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Pye Corner, Smithfeild. ; The Fire of London 1666, which continued from 3d. to 6th. of Septr. began in Pudding Lane, and ended at Pye corner. Where at the corner of an old house, stood this boy, which was put up as a memorial of that dreadfull calamity.

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