Exhibition room, Somerset House [graphic]

Description

Title: Exhibition room, Somerset House [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, artist.
Hill, John, 1770-1850, printmaker.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 January 1808]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. 1 Jany. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract: "Scene in the Great Room in the Royal Academy, during an exhibition; a large crowd of colourful characters gathers in the space, some chatting in small groups, others admiring the paintings that fill the walls, reaching from floor level to the ceiling, impossibly high to be seen in any detail."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 2.
Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 10.
Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Provenance: Acquisitions information unknown.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 23.4 x 29 cm, on sheet 26.6 x 34 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 646 808 M58 v.1
Collection Title: V. 1 Microcosm of London.
Collection Date: [London] : R. Ackermann's repository of arts, no. 101 Strand, [1808-10]

Genre: Pictorial works
Book illustrations
Aquatints England London 1808
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman 1808
Material: aquatint with etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): London (England)
England
London.
Subject (Name): Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Somerset House (London, England)
Subject (Topic): Crowds
Galleries & museums
Interiors
Subjects: Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Somerset House (London, England)
London (England) > Pictorial works
Crowds > England > London
Galleries & museums > England > London
Interiors > England > London
England > London > 1808
J. Whatman > 1808

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