Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Steet [sic] [graphic] / Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. ; Stadler aquat.

Creator:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[1 October 1808]

Physical Description:

1 print : aquatint with etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23 x 27.8 cm, on sheet 26.8 x 33.7 cm

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Notes:

Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 94.
Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 39.
The Lewis Walpole Library: From the Topographical Prints collection.
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

"Interior view of the great room at Brookes's Subscription House; men sit playing cards at large round tables to the right side of room; a grand chandelier hanging from ceiling; sofas and smaller tables to the left."--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Street

Topics:

Card games.
Chandeliers.
Gambling.
Interiors--England--London.
Parlors.
Private clubs--England--London.

Topics:

London (England)--Pictorial works.

Topics:

Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Brooks's (Club)
Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, artist.
Stadler, Joseph Constantine, printmaker.

Language:

English

Genre:

Aquatints--England--London--1808.
Book illustrations.
Watermarks (Paper)--J. Whatman--1808.--CtY-LW

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.2

Orbis Record:

11110718

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr32460

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:

16194872

PID:

digcoll:4048763