A Descriptive Account of the Temple of Concord. Invented by Sir William Congreve, Designed by Messrs. Greenwood & Latilla, and Erected in the Green Park, July, 1814. Short Description of the Allegorical Transparent Paintings. forming part of the Decorations of the Temple. [with woodcut] The Temple of Concord, erected in the Green Park, in commemoration of the restoration of the Peace in 1814.

GREEN PARK

Published by Lowndes, printer, 1814.

About this Item

Broadside, 345 x 205 mm. and hand coloured woodcut 160 x 225 mm. Both are rare, only digital copies traced in U.K. institutions. The Amusements began with a balloon ascent, followed later by a second balloon ". a copious display of fire-works from it will be exhibited in the higher regions of the air." The Temple, erected to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon and the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty to the throne of France; slightly prematurely in the event as Napoleon briefly returned before he finally met his Waterloo. The dazzling Temple of Concord was erected in 1814 in Green Park, London, to celebrate the end of wars with France and one hundred years of a Hanoverian monarchy. It was part of a scheme of temporary structures from which elaborate displays, pyrotechnics and mock battles were staged. The mastermind behind the Temple was Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Congreve (1772â "1828), a rocket designer and Comptroller of the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich. He had served many campaigns throughout the Napoleonic Wars (1803â "15), and led a company known as the 'rocket brigade' at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813. Congreve designed the Temple with assistance from stage designers from the Theatre Royal and master engineers. The end result was a structure of such flamboyance and theatricality that the public were in awe upon its unveiling.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Descriptive Account of the Temple of Concord. Invented by Sir William Congreve, Designed by Messrs. Greenwood & Latilla, and Erected in the Green Park, July, 1814. Short Description of the Allegorical Transparent Paintings. forming part of the Decorations of the Temple. [with woodcut] The Temple of Concord, erected in the Green Park, in commemoration of the restoration of the Peace in 1814.
• Publisher: Lowndes, printer, 1814.
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