The Day Parliament Burned Downさんのイラストまとめ

As the flames die down at the Houses of Parliament, the outline of the devastation emerges through the smoke. Images @UKParliament

Chance is spotted by a young Parliamentary reporter working for The Morning Chronicle. Name: Charles Dickens. The famous firedog is later immortalised in Boz’s ‘A Parliamentary Sketch’, and the account of a great fire in Oliver Twist (1837) may be inspired by the scenes in 1834.

44 named artists (and many more anonymous ones) captured the fire in pencil, paint and print. One of them was JMW Turner, with a ringside seat in Old Palace Yard. Image @Tate

On the floor above, Mrs Wright is showing two tourists, Mr Shuter and Mr Snell around the Lords chamber. They’ve come all the way from Devon.

The House of Lords chamber looks like this, when peers are sitting. But currently they’re on recess and back in ten days. It’s a chance to get odd jobs done while they’re not around. (Image: Rowlandson and Pugin, Microcosm of London, 1809)

At first light, spectators gather in front of the Palace to assess the extent of the devastation. #parliamentburns (Image: Parl Art Coll)

To those fighting the fire, Westminster Hall now looks safe. The nearby flames in the House of Commons are contained and not spreading any further. #parliamentburns (Image: Parl Art Coll)

Great columns of fire issue through the three large windows at St Stephen’s (the House of Commons chamber) east end, overlooking the river. #parliamentburns (Image: Parl Art Coll)