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Description: | Plate 76 of "The Microcosm of London". Eighteenth century interior with a large assembly of people . The men are wearing tail coats and breeches, the women are in elaborate gowns; some with ostrich feather headdresses. The room has tall windows to the left, hung with red drapes. There is a canopy at the far end of the room with a panel below it decorated with a coat of arms. A candelabra hangs from the centre of the ceiling on a red cord. The room has paintings on the walls but no furniture. There is a fireplace to the right.
Technique: etching
Technique: aquatint
Technique: hand coloured
medium: ink (black)
medium: watercolour
Drawing Room, St. James's by J Bluck, Thomas Rowlandson, Auguste C. Pugin, R Ackermann, 1809, (1954.760). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.102816 | Go to resource |
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