The Long Room, Custom House [graphic] / Rowlandson & Pugin del. et sculp. ; J.C. Stadler aquat.

Creator:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[1 July 1808]

Physical Description:

1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.1 x 28 cm, on sheet 26.5 x 34 cm

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Notes:

Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 218.
Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 28.
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

"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.

Topics:

Crowds--England--London.
Customhouses--England--London.
Customs inspections.
Interiors--England--London.

Topics:

London (England)--Pictorial works.

Topics:

Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, artist.
Stadler, Joseph Constantine, printmaker.

Language:

English

Genre:

Aquatints--England--London--1808.
Book illustrations.
Etchings--England--London--1808.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Source Title:

Microcosm of London.

Call Number:

Quarto 646 808 M58 v.1

Orbis Record:

12972971

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr32450

Citation:

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

OID:

16194862

PID:

digcoll:4048761