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Fire at the Albion Mill, Surrey side of Blackfriars Bridge, London: representation of the fire that took place on 3rd March, 1791 with St Paul's Cathedral in the background
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SOURCE: R. Ackermann. The Microcosm of London (London, 1835), vol. II, pl. 35
Alexandra Palace in flames, Alexandra Park, London
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NOTES: Work on the palace was completed in 1873 but only sixteen days after its opening the palace was destroyed by fire, killing three members of staff. Only the outer walls survived, but the structure was rebuilt and reopened in 1875. This drawing is by an unidentified 19th century draughtsman.
Holloway Prison, London: anguish
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NOTES: Holloway Prison was designed by James Bunstone Bunning in 1852. It was added to in the 1960s.
Neue Wache, Unter den Linden, Berlin: the oculus directly above the sculpture 'Mother with her Dead Son' in the memorial hall
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NOTES: This Neoclassical building was designed by K. F. Schinkel as a guardhouse and built in 1816 for the troops of the King of Prussia and served as such until the end of World War I and the fall of the Germany monarchy in 1918. Heinrich Tessenow was commissioned by the state government of Prussia in 1931 to redesign the building as a memorial to the German war dead. The interior was converted into a memorial hall with an oculus and it was renamed the 'Memorial for the Fallen of the War'. Badly damaged during World War II, the building was restored in 1960 and rededicated in 1993 when an enlarged version of Kathe Kollwitz''s sculpture 'Mother with her Dead Son' was installed under the oculus.
Neue Wache, Unter den Linden, Berlin: the sculpture 'Mother with her Dead Son' in the memorial hall
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NOTES: This Neoclassical building was designed by K. F. Schinkel as a guardhouse and built in 1816 for the troops of the King of Prussia and served as such until the end of World War I and the fall of the Germany monarchy in 1918. Heinrich Tessenow was commissioned by the state government of Prussia in 1931 to redesign the building as a memorial to the German war dead. The interior was converted into a memorial hall with an oculus and it was renamed the 'Memorial for the Fallen of the War'. Badly damaged during World War II, the building was restored in 1960 and rededicated in 1993 when an enlarged version of Kathe Kollwitz''s sculpture 'Mother with her Dead Son' was installed under the oculus.