The Great Fire of London

    On September 2, 1666, a fire started in a bakery on Pudding Lane in London, rapidly spreading through the maze of cramped tenements of thatch and wood. The fire raged for 4 days, consuming over 13,000 houses.
    Before the advent of photography, artists were the pictorial journalists, recording events with paintings and drawings for others to see, learn and remember.




The Great Fire of London, with Ludgate and Old St. Paul's,
oil on canvas, ca. 1670, by an unknown artist.



Painting circa 1670
London Fire