The Most Terrible Night | Christian August Lorentzen | 1807 Size:14"x11" Henry Pether (1828-1865) was an

Henry Pether (1828-1865) was an English landscape painter

The ship in the background to the left is possibly the British 'Alexander'

Brown fell on hard times and was disinherited by his father

attracting passionate praise and condemnation in equal measure

This painting is "The Girl I Left Behind Me" by Eastman Johnson

The Most Terrible Night | Christian August Lorentzen | 1807 Size:14"x11" Henry Pether (1828-1865) was anThis dramatic historical painting depicts Copenhagen engulfed in flames during the British bombardment of 1807. The city glows with an apocalyptic red light as fire and smoke rise into the night sky, overwhelming the orderly architecture below. In the foreground, panicked crowds flee amid chaos and confusion, their small figures emphasizing the scale of destruction. Lorentzen combines eyewitness intensity with theatrical lighting, transforming the