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Description: | Coloured aquatint. This print is the result of a collaboration between the English artist Thomas Rowlandson and French architectural draughtsman Augustus Charles Pugin. Pugin drew the architectural scenes and Rowlandson added the characters. The resulting prints formed part of ‘The Microcosm of London’, published by Rudolph Ackermann. Issued in monthly installments from 1808 to 1810, ‘The Microcosm of London’ comprised three volumes, which together included over 100 illustrations.
Rudolph Ackermann was the most important publisher of illustrated books in England during the first half of the 19th century, operating from ‘The Repository of Arts’ (the premises of his publishing business) on the Strand. | Subjects: | theatre interior candle topography woman 19th century costume theatre stage man actor/actress | Temporal: | 1809 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Auguste Charles Pugin (Artist) | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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