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…”

Caption translates as: “(2)… The first explosion was followed by four weaker ones, which sounded like cannon shoots. Finally, what looked like an enormous leather ball was visible. It looked like it rose from the bowels of the earth, spewing out huge rings of white smoke…”.

One tempera on paper, pasted on mount board

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