Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Part 2

Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Part 2

An enormous fireball is expanding above a built-up area, surrounded by rings of smoke. Building are destroyed and lattice structures have been thrown up in the air.

Inscriptions read “311”; signed by the author; Caption reads “(2)… alla prima esplosione, nè succeddettero altre quattro piu lievi, che parevano colpi di cannone: e finalmente si vide un’ enorme sfera di cuoio, che sembrava sorgere dalle viscere della terra, eruttando immensi anelli di fumo bianco…”

One tempera on paper, pasted on mount board

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