"The interior of Sir Robert Taylor's rotunda in the Bank of England when it was used as a stock exchange with the arc of the pilastered wall and part of the domed ceiling forming a background. The floor is covered with groups of small figures, only three ladies among them, who are drawn realistically with a certain humourous intention. On the left is a Jew who talks to a fashionable young man in top-boots. On the right a man wearing a cocked hat and holding a staff and waving a rattle stands above a crowd of excited bidders. On the wall above his head is the notice: 'No clerk to act as broker.' Behind is a table at which men stand to write. On the wall above it is the inscription: Navy &c. £5 pr. ctr. amnt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., For an earlier state before the addition of Fores's name at the end of imprint, see no. 8204 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 306., and Bookseller's stamp: S.W. Fores, in lower right of plate.
Publisher:
Publish'd by T. Rowlandson, Strand, Jany. 1792, & S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Bank of England.
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Banks, Crowds, Interiors, Pilasters, Rotundas, and Stock exchanges
