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- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [18 January 1819]
- Call Number:
- 819.01.18.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A procession headed by John Ross extends from the coast (right), where Esquimaux dogs swim ashore from a boat, to the gate of the British Museum, part of which is on the extreme left ..." (Source: British Museum catalogue). Print shows items brought from Captain John Ross' expedition to Baffin Bay being delivered to the British Museum
- Alternative Title:
- Results of the polar expedition!!!
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Print signed using Frederick Marryat's device: An anchor tilted diagonally., and Backed with blue paper, removed from an album?
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 18, 1819, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856, Ross, James Clark, Sir, 1800-1862, Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Leach, William Elford, 1790-1836, and British Museum
- Subject (Topic):
- Expeditions & surveys, Curiosities & wonders, Parades & processions, and Polar bears
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Landing the treasures, or, Results of the polar expedition!!! [graphic]
3.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1808]
- Call Number:
- Topos L847 no. 11+
- Collection Title:
- V. 1 Microcosm of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of the grand staircase in the British Museum in Montague House in Bloomsbury; taken from the first landing; the walls and ceiling decorated with relief designs and paintings, elegantly dressed figures strolling up and down staircase."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Hall and staircase, British Museum
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 14., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 101., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., and Mounted to 35 x 29 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. 1 April 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- British Museum,
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Stairhalls, Stairways, and Galleries & museums
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The hall and stair case, British Museum [graphic]
4.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1808]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 808 M58 v.1
- Collection Title:
- V. 1 Microcosm of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of the grand staircase in the British Museum in Montague House in Bloomsbury; taken from the first landing; the walls and ceiling decorated with relief designs and paintings, elegantly dressed figures strolling up and down staircase."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Hall and staircase, British Museum
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 14., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 101., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.1 x 23.6 cm, on sheet 33.9 x 27.1 cm., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1807.
- Publisher:
- Pub. 1 April 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- British Museum,
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Stairhalls, Stairways, and Galleries & museums
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The hall and stair case, British Museum [graphic]