Pictures of the
Great Fire of London
1572-1666
Museum of London
Museum of London Docklands
London c.1572
Georg Braun and Frans Hogenburg
© Museum of London
London, 1616
Claes Jansz Visscher
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London Bridge
London from Southwark, c.1630
We don’t know who painted this. It might be someone from Holland.
The painting is called London from Southwark.
© Museum of London
A 17th century bakery
© Pepys Library
The Great Fire, 1666
We don’t know who painted this.
© Museum of London
The Great Fire, 1666
We do not know who painted this.
© Museum of London
People watching the Great Fire.
N. Visscher
© Museum of London
Fire fighters
© Pepys Library
© Museum of London
A building before the fire
© Museum of London
Pulling down burning houses
© Guildhall Library
© Museum of London
Fire engine
Display in Museum of London, copy from Pepys Library in Magdalene College, Cambridge
© Pepys Library
© Museum of London
The City wall
Map of the area destroyed by the Great Fire, by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1666
© Museum of London
Where the Great Fire spread.
Map of the area destroyed by the Great Fire, by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1666
© Museum of London
London before and after the Great Fire.
© Museum of London
The Monument to the Great Fire
This was built 1671 - 77
to commemorate the
Great Fire of London and
to celebrate the
rebuilding of the City. It is
near
London Bridge,
on Monument Street.
You can walk to the top.
There is an entry fee.
John Chase, 2008
© Museum of London