Covent Garden Market Westminster Election / [graphic]

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Title: Covent Garden Market Westminster Election / [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, artist.
Bluck, John (Printmaker), printmaker.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 July 1808]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 1 July 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract: "View of the election in Covent Garden Market, temporary structure erected outside St. Paul's Church, a man on a platform from the stalls addresses the large crowd, towards the edge the crowd becomes more bawdy, with people singing and playing music."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 26.
Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 209.
1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23 x 28 cm, on sheet 26.7 x 34 cm.
Watermark: J. Whatman.
Provenance: Acquisitions information unknown.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 23 x 29 cm, on sheet 27.4 x 36 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: Views
Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1808
Aquatints England London 1808
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman 1806
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman
Material: aquatint and etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
Subject (Name): Covent Garden Market (Westminster, London, England)
St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Markets
Political elections
Crowds
Subjects: Covent Garden Market (Westminster, London, England)
St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden, London, England)
Markets > England > London
Political elections > England > London
Crowds > England > London
England > London > 1808
J. Whatman > 1806
J. Whatman

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