Somerset House, Strand [graphic]

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Title: Somerset House, Strand [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, artist.
Bluck, John (Printmaker), printmaker.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 June 1809]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 1st June 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract: "View of the Great Court of Somerset House, on the Strand; a large statue in centre of courtyard with surrounding ballustrade; a group of elegantly dressed figures give money to a beggar in foreground, other small groups of figures in space."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 73.
Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 86.
Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Provenance: Acquisitions information unknown.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 23.1 x 28 cm, on sheet 26.8 x 35 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 646 808 M58 v.3
Collection Title: V. 3 Microcosm of London.
Collection Date: [London] : R. Ackermann's repository of arts, no. 101 Strand, [1808-10]

Genre: Pictorial works
Book illustrations
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Aquatints England London 1809
Etchings England London 1809
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman 1808
Material: aquatint and etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): London (England)
England
London.
Subject (Name): Somerset House (London, England)
Subject (Topic): Courtyards
Buildings
Beggars
Sculpture
Subjects: Somerset House (London, England)
London (England) > Pictorial works
Courtyards > England > London
Buildings > England > London
Beggars
Sculpture
England > London > 1809
J. Whatman > 1808

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