Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Steet [sic] [graphic]

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Title: Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Steet [sic] [graphic]
Alternative Title: Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Street
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, artist.
Stadler, Joseph Constantine, printmaker.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 October 1808]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 1st Octr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
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
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate numbered in upper right, above image: No. 39.
Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 94.
Matted to 36 x 43 cm.
Provenance: Suckling; January 1941;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 23 x 28 cm, on sheet 26.8 x 34 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Topos L847 no. 12+
Collection Title: V. 2 Microcosm of London.
Collection Date: [London] : R. Ackermann's repository of arts, no. 101 Strand, [1808-10]

Genre: Book illustrations
Aquatints England London 1808
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman 1808
Material: aquatint with etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
Subject (Name): Brooks's (Club),
Subject (Topic): Private clubs
Interiors
Parlors
Card games
Gambling
Chandeliers
Subjects: Brooks's (Club)
Private clubs > England > London
Interiors > England > London
Parlors
Card games
Gambling
Chandeliers
England > London > 1808
J. Whatman > 1808

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