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The Long Room, Custom House
Title
The Long Room, Custom House [graphic] / Rowlandson & Pugin del. et sculp. ; J.C. Stadler aquat.
Publication
London : Pubd. 1st July 1808 at R. Ackermanns Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, [1 July 1808]
Physical Description
1 print : aquatint and etching ; plate mark 23.1 x 28 cm, on sheet 26.5 x 34 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 28.
Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 218.
Summary
"Interior of the room; men doing business at desks along the right side of the room; the the central space crowded with a variety of men from around the world, a woman selling goods from a basket walks among them."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 08, 2016
References
Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, pages 136-140
Adams, B. London illustrated 1604-1850, pages 223-228
Subjects
Genre/Form
Book illustrations.
Aquatints - England - London - 1808.
Etchings - England - London - 1808.
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