Sketchbook in hand, he feverishly captured the scene as it happened
Turner became obsessed with the event
and the sketches resulted in an epic oil painting
And, as before, out of destruction would arise a symbol of London's state of mind
William Kent imagined the Houses of Parliament looking like this
A classical building, symbolic of order and harmony
might have radically changed how the look of the city developed
But it's no surprise that, once more, dreams of order were thwarted
Sir Charles Barrie's intricate Gothic revival design
was far more suited to a metropolis that was becoming ever more chaotic and dark
A city of the night