The Post Office [graphic]

Description

Title: The Post Office [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 April 1809]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 1st April 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract: "Interior view of the post room, in the post office, London; men in red coats sit at rows of desks sorting post; men in black coats stand around green table in left foreground, also sorting post."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Name of aquatintist is not present on the plate, resulting in a blank space preceding "aquat." in lower right corner.
Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 63.
Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 230.
Provenance: Acquisitions information unknown.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 23.8 x 28 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 34 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 646 808 M58 v.2
Collection Title: V. 2 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 1809
Material: aquatint with etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): London (England)
England
London.
Subject (Topic): Post offices
Postal service
Interiors
Subjects: London (England) > Pictorial works
Post offices > England > London
Postal service > England > London
Interiors > England > London
England > London > 1809

Access: Public
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