The library [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[1813]engA scene in a fashionable library with ladies and gentlemen conversing with attendants at the counters on either side. On the left a woman looks in a book while her male companion converses with a clergyman, as the woman behind the counter consults a book. On the right, a man sits in a chair as a lady discusses her choices with the man behind the counter who reaches for a book below a sign 'Stamp'. Behind him is another sign "Just published [...]" An older woman with a walking stick approaches the counter on the right, followed by a Black servant and a dog. The windows are filled with books and prints. Through the open door a woman with an umbrella is silhouetted; to the left another sign "History Westminster and its monuments."Title etched below image.Printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from the volume in which this plate was issued.Plate from: Poetical sketches of Scarborough / illustrated by twenty-one engravings ... made upon the spot by J. Green and etched by T. Rowlandson. London : Printed for R. Ackermann by J. Diggens, 1813.Aquatint probably added to this plate and others in the volume by J.C. Stadler and J. Bluck. See: Hardie, M. English coloured books.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Watermark, partially trimmed: [J. Wha]tman [18]14.