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- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1788]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The interior of a sale-room lit by a candelabra hanging from the ceiling. The buyers and connoisseurs sit on the outer side of a line of trestle-tables arranged in the arc of a circle. Others stand behind them. In the centre sits the auctioneer Hutchins, stout and smiling, his hammer raised. The clerk (Judd) sits facing him in shadow, writing at a small table lit by two candles. Two attendants stand on the inner side of the trestles showing the lots. One (left) shows a large volume to a group of five, the centre figure being the spectacled Dr. Lort. On the walls of the room are framed pictures, including one of a reclining Venus. On the high chimney-piece are statuettes. The persons are portraits, slightly caricatured, and drawn with humour and expressiveness."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., From a series entitled: Imitations of modern drawings. See British Museum online catalogue., and Mounted on leaf 16 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Auctions, Candelabras, Auctioneers, Pictures, Sculpture, and Chimneypieces
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A print sale [graphic]