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The library
Title
The library [graphic] / J. Green delt.
Publication
[London] : [R. Ackermann], [1813]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and aquatint ; sheet 13.6 x 23 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
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.
Summary
A 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."
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 23, 2020
Subjects
Genre/Form
Book illustrations.
Etchings - England - London - 1813.
Aquatints - England - London - 1813.
Watermarks (Paper) - J. Whatman - 1814.
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