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Fireworks! Four Centuries of Pyrotechnics in Prints and Drawings
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Fireworks for the Entry of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria: The Lion, in "Réception de … Louis XIII," Lyons, 1623
Pierre Faber (French, active first half of 17th century)
Engraving
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1940 (40.39.1)
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Fireworks for the Coronation of Emperor Alexander I, Moscow, September–October 1801
Lieutenant-Captain Cheleyev (Russian, active early 19th century)
Watercolor
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962 (62.647)
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Fireworks for the Marriage of Napoleon, Paris, 10 June 1810
Edouard Hocquart, publisher (French, b. 1789)
Etching and engraving, hand colored
Bequest of Harry G. Friedman, 1967 (67.539.408)
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Fireworks Design for the Engagement of Princess Charlotte Augusta of England to William of Orange, about 1813
British, 19th century
Watercolor
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963 (63.607.1)
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Bird's-Eye View of the Great New York and Brooklyn Bridge, and Grand Display of Fireworks on Opening Night, May 24, 1883
A. Major, publisher
Chromolithograph
The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection, 1954 (54.90.709)
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Fireworks on the Seine during the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, seen in Ombres Chinoises, a toy theater
Mauclair-Dacier (French)
Lithograph
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970 (1970.565.508)
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The Girandola at Castel Sant'Angelo
Francesco Piranesi (Italian, 1756–1810) and Louis-Jean Desprez (French, 1743–1804)
Etching with colored washes
Rogers Fund, 1969 (69.510)
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Peace of 1814 and the Centennial of the House of Brunswick: A View of the Temple of Concord in Green Park
Frederick Calvert (British, active ca. 1814–1844)
Etching and aquatint with watercolors
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963 (63.607.2)
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