What is depicted in the image above?

i believe the answer is. the burning of the house of lords and commons in london

It is The burning of the House of Lords and Commons in London.

The Burning of the House of Lords and Commons by James Mallord William Turner. A depiction of the fire that broke out at the House of Parliament on October 16th, 1834. Parliament is engulfed with flames and the light shines off the water of the Thames.

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