The Old Print Shop

View of the Tower.

  • ARTIST: Thomas Rowlandson

  • PUBLISHER: Published by R. Ackermann's repository of arts 101 Strand.

  • MEDIUM: Aquatint and engraving, handcolored,

    DATE: 1809.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 1/2 x 10 1/2" (190 x 260 mm) plus title and margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: Rowlandson & Pugin, del. Et sculp. Sunderland, aquat. Plate 85 from the "Microcosm of London". From "The Microcosm of London." Drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson and Charles Augustus Pugin; aquatinted by Hill, Stadler and Bluck. The architectural draftsmanship of Pugin combines with Rowlandson's charming figures in these prints to provide the best known and appreciated mirror of London manners, commerce and society at the beginning of the 19th century.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition and color, save for minor offset.

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