The Dutch Victory over the French and Spanish at Vigo Bay: Fireworks in the Hague, December 13, 1702

A View of ye Grand Theatre & Fireworks erected on ye Water near ye Court at ye Hague (on Occasion of ye General Peace concluded at Aix la Chapelle. Oct. 18. 1748) & Exhibited June 13, 1749

Robert Laurie, James Whittle

Festival for the Family of the Elector of Saxony, Dresden, February 28, 1678: Hercules Fireworks

Unknown Artist

View of a Garden with a Water Basin and Large Fountain, title page from "Grottes et fontaines de jardins à l'italienne"

Jean Le Pautre, Pierre Mariette le fils

Fireworks display with triumphal arch supported by three pontoons on the water, decorated with symbols of Louis XIV

Anonymous, French, 17th century

Pantomime with fireworks performed for the marriage of Emperor Leopold I to the Infanta Margarita of Spain in Vienna, 1666

Melchior Küsel

Celebration for the Elector Johann Georg II, Leipzig, July 8, 1667: Fireworks Display by Night

Unknown Artist

Equestrian Ballet in the Amphitheater of the Boboli Gardens

Stefano della Bella

Fountain and Gardens of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne DuPérac, Antonio Lafreri

Birth and Christening of Frederick, Duke of Württemberg, Stuttgart, March 17, 1616

Matthäus Merian the Elder

Fountain with a Rock Arch in a Park

Israel Silvestre

Engagement of Princess Charlotte to William of Orange, London, 1813

Anonymous, British, 19th century

Le Feu d'Artifice sur l'Arno (Fireworks on the Arno), from Les Caprices Series A, The Florence Set

Jacques Callot, Lorenzo de' Medici