DEC84576 A Perspective View of the Magnificent Structure erected in the Green Park for the Royal Fireworks, pub. by Robert Wilkinson, 1749 (coloured engraving) by English School, (18th century); 23x39 cm; Gerald Coke Handel Collection, Foundling Museum, London; (add.info.: The event was held on the 27th April to celebrate the 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, which ended the War of the Austrian Succession; A Temple of Peace was erected for the event; The Temple was accidentally set alight by the fireworks and the event had to be called to an early close; Handel\'s Music for the Royal Fireworks was also commissioned for the occasion;); 穢 Gerald Coke Handel Collection, Foundling Museum ; English, out of copyright.