Image of sketch showing w:Hofburg fire at the Zoology-Cabinet museum of the Hofbibliothek (Court Library) in w:Vienna, w:Austria on October 31, 1848 (drawn circa 1848).
The German caption translates: "The Fire of the Animal-Cabinet (left wing of the Court-Library) at w:Josefsplatz, 31 October 1848. From a contemporary design."
The resized, low-resolution image (117kb) of an 1848 sketch of the Hofburg fire is intended to describe the fire and damage to the library museum, per fair-use copyright. The w:Austrian source website did not display any copyright restrictions on the containing webpage.
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Image of sketch showing Hofburg fire at the Zoology-Cabinet museum of the ''Hofbibliothek'' (Court Library) in Vienna, Austria on October 31, 1848 (drawn circa 1848). Source URL: http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/NHM/mineral/pic/20BRAND48.jpg