{"product_id":"veduta-di-londra-sul-tamigi","title":"View of London on the Thames","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe artwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRight of centre, on the far bank of the Thames, stands a slender column with flames on top: the Monument, 202 feet tall, the same as the distance from its base to the bakery where the Great Fire of London began in 1666.\u003c\/strong\u003e You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 2 September 1666 the fire broke out in the bakery of Thomas Farriner, the king's baker, in Pudding Lane, and in four days it took 13,200 houses and 87 churches. To remember it, Robert Hooke and Christopher Wren designed this column, built between 1671 and 1677: 311 steps and, at the top, a gilded urn with flames rising from it. Both were keen astronomers and they made it hollow, so that it could also serve as a telescope pointing straight up at the sky, with a laboratory underground. It never worked well: the column shook in the wind and with the passing carts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe view looks at London from the south bank: old London Bridge still has houses built along it, and on the left is the dome of St Paul's, rebuilt after the fire. The plate, titled “Londres”, comes from the \u003cem\u003eAtlas de poche\u003c\/em\u003e, the pocket atlas “for travellers and officers” published in Amsterdam by the bookseller Henri du Sauzet; its volume of views, \u003cem\u003eProfiles ou vues des principales villes de l'Europe\u003c\/em\u003e, dates from 1739. It is a copper engraving in black, and the original belongs to the David Rumsey Map Collection at Stanford University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt looks good along a corridor or above a fireplace, and it is a gift for anyone who has lived in London or goes back whenever they can. And next to the bridge, the column still keeps its flames alight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnique quality material\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint on handmade Amalfi paper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheet size\u003c\/strong\u003e: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith frame\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial\u003c\/strong\u003e: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrame\u003c\/strong\u003e: dark brown with gold fillet, handmade, with glass\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trizio Editore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55571883622741,"sku":"A0NBWTLMDUYLB","price":190.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/3411\/1829\/files\/veduta-di-londra-sul-tamigi-principale.jpg?v=1793280046","url":"https:\/\/trizioeditore.it\/en\/products\/veduta-di-londra-sul-tamigi","provider":"Trizio Editore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}