The Long Room, Custom House [graphic]

Description

Title: The Long Room, Custom House [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, artist.
Stadler, Joseph Constantine, printmaker.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 July 1808]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. 1st July 1808 at R. Ackermanns Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract: "Interior of the room; men doing business at desks along the right side of the room; the the central space crowded with a variety of men from around the world, a woman selling goods from a basket walks among them."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 28.
Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 218.
Provenance: Acquisitions information unknown.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 23.1 x 28 cm, on sheet 26.5 x 34 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: Pictorial works
Book illustrations
Aquatints England London 1808
Etchings England London 1808
Material: aquatint and etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): London (England)
England
London.
Subject (Topic): Customhouses
Interiors
Crowds
Customs inspections
Subjects: London (England) > Pictorial works
Customhouses > England > London
Interiors > England > London
Crowds > England > London
Customs inspections
England > London > 1808

Access: Public
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