"Scene within the drawing school at the Royal Academy; a male life model poses while the academicians sit in a semi circle drawing, a large lamp above model directs light onto the subject; busts and other sculptures line walls of the room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 1., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 9., 1 print : aquatint with etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.8 x 28.6 cm, on sheet 26.7 x 33.6 cm., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 Jany. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) and Somerset House (London, England)
"Interior view of the theatre, looking towards the stage; a performance taking place; the galleries, boxes, and pit filled with spectators."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 32., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 228.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Augt. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Interior view of the grand hall, during a formal dinner; four long tables lin room, the central two joined at far end; Corinthian pillasters framing hall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 51., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 181., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Jany. 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Mansion House (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Halls, Events, Interiors, Columns, and Chandeliers
"Interior view of the Excise Office; men gather in groups conversing, a large tapestry of the royal arms at far end of room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 103., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 269.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 1, 1810, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Government facilities, Interiors, Tapestries, and Taxes
"Fashionable visitors attending an exhibition of the Society of Painters in Watercolours, in a room hung with many frames, another room seen through a doorway at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 34., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 25.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Septr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours (Great Britain)
"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., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1 Jany. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) and Somerset House (London, England)
"Interior view of the chapel in the Foundling Hospital; during a service; the preacher stands in pulpit, and congregations gathers in pews, and in overlooking galleries."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 61., and Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 37.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Octr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Great Britain., England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Foundling Hospital (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Orphanages, Chapels, Interiors, Religious services, and Mothers
"Interior view of the hall; showing the company on the day of the annual dinner; young girls walk in procession through hall, as company gathers standing at tables forming a u-shape."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 38., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 79.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Octr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Freemasons. United Grand Lodge of England.
Subject (Topic):
Fraternal organizations, Events, Interiors, Parades & processions, and Banquets
Drawing showing the interior of the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill. A canopy bed is centered against the back wall, flanked on either side by two chairs and two hanging paintings. At right is the chimney-piece of Portland stone and gilt designed by Horace Walpole from the tomb of W. Dudley, Bishop of Durham, in Westminster Abbey; a firescreen and two red china bottles are seen sitting in front of the fireplace, while the large picture of Henry 8th and his children is seen hanging above. On the wall at left are two bow windows, the arched tops of which are painted with coats of arms. Between the windows hangs a large mirror, above which hangs a painting and below which sits a table with three vases on it. A clock hangs above another chair on the extreme right. The walls are covered in crimson Norwich damask; two crimson rugs cover the floor, one beneath the bed and the other in the center of the room. The celing is decorated with a geometric pattern in gold
Alternative Title:
Great North Bedchamber
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 204 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Interiors, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Chimneypieces, Chairs, Clocks, and Windows