The other day, I came across a 17th-century painting by an anonymous artist.几天前,我看到一幅300多年前的油画,它的创作者并未在历史上留下姓名。It depicts a horrifying scene of Ludgate, then the westernmost gate in London Wall, in flames. It reflects a great fire which consumed much of London's central areas from Sept 2 to Sept 5 in 1666.这件作品描绘了一幅骇人的景象:当时位于伦敦墙最西端的拉德盖特门火光冲天。这幅画创作的背景是发生在1666年的伦敦大火,火灾始于9月2日,延烧数日,摧毁了伦敦的大部分中心城区,直到5日才逐渐熄灭。The conflagration might have helped end the outbreak of the Great Plague that ravaged the city for a year. Rats and fleas, which spread the epidemic, were killed. Houses where infections occurred were burned down.蔓延的火情对当时的伦
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