Nero
A rather drunk looking man smoking a pipe and playing an accordion sits ignoring the British pound note beside him going up in flames. The picture title is a satirical allusion to the Emperor Nero who allegedly started the fire that destroyed Rome and played the cithara while the flames devoured the city
Picture No
10267618
Media ID
46057775
Size
3200px x 4499px
(2.7MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Alfred Leete in The Bystander 3 March 1920 page 570
Date
1920
