The Burning of the Houses of Parliament 1834 Frame:natural James Bunning

James Bunning

Ducrow in the Character of the Wild Indian Hunter on two rapid coursers in the Circle at the Royal Amphitheatre'

It was pulled down in the late 1830s

and how these views have been disputed and challenged

The Monument from the East

The Burning of the Houses of Parliament 1834 Frame:natural James BunningThe Burning of the Houses of Parliament. Coloured aquatint. The greatest new building of mid 19th century London was the new Palace of Westminster. It was built after the old palace burnt down on the night of 16 October 1834. The fire was caused by over loading the Palace furnaces with unwanted wooden 'tallies', notched sticks of wood formerly used as receipts by the Exchequer. By the time the alarm was raised, fire had spread through the chimney to