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Celebration of Peace, Bath 1856

Celebration of Peace, Bath 1856

Image Reference: 41241
Artist/Photographer: Peel, J. W.
Image Date: 1856
Measurements: 50 x 25 cm
Medium: text
Collection: Scrapbooks
Library Reference: Hunt Vol. 2, p.97
Credit: Bath & North East Somerset Council
Library: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies

Description: Poster for the grand display of fireworks, for the celebration of peace at the end of the Crimean War on Thursday 29th May 1856 at Beechen Cliff and Shaw (i.e. Sham) Castle. It includes Royal salutes and a balloon ascent from Beechen Cliff, which will be illuminated with coloured fires.
Printed by J.W. Peel's Steam Machine, 74, New Cut, Lambeth, Nine doors from Cornwall Road, London.

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