Doing fireworks in style, and leaving most modern displays in the shade, this spectacular extravaganza mounted to celebrate the wedding of Princess Maria of Saxony and Louis the Dauphin of France, in 1747. The elaborate architectural stage has steps leading down to an ornamental lake filled with dolphins and fountains, mirroring the roman candles and rockets exploding into the night sky above, as depicted by Moritz Bodenehr in this fine and rare contemporary mezzotint.
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