Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Subjects:

Military Technology, Light, Heat, Display, Amusement, Transport

    Shows the top of a crowded omnibus where an elderly man who, on attempting to entertain his nephews 'to a grand pyrotechnical display', accidentally drops the 'Vesuvian' firework 'among the combustibles' and produces a 'tremendous' display of light.