The hall and stair case, British Museum [graphic]

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Title: The hall and stair case, British Museum [graphic]
Alternative Title: Hall and staircase, British Museum
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, artist.
Bluck, John (Printmaker), printmaker.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 April 1808]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 1 April 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract: "View of the grand staircase in the British Museum in Montague House in Bloomsbury; taken from the first landing; the walls and ceiling decorated with relief designs and paintings, elegantly dressed figures strolling up and down staircase."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 14.
Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 101.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges.
1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.1 x 23.6 cm, on sheet 33.9 x 27.1 cm.
Watermark: J. Whatman 1807.
Provenance: Acquisitions information unknown.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 28.6 x 23 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 646 808 M58 v.1
Collection Title: V. 1 Microcosm of London.
Collection Date: [London] : R. Ackermann's repository of arts, no. 101 Strand, [1808-10]

Genre: Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1808
Aquatints England London 1808
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman 1807
Material: aquatint and etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
Subject (Name): British Museum,
Subject (Topic): Interiors
Stairhalls
Stairways
Galleries & museums
Subjects: British Museum
Interiors > England > London
Stairhalls > England > London
Stairways > England > London
Galleries & museums > England > London
England > London > 1808
J. Whatman > 1807

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