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India House, The Sale Room.
India House, The Sale Room. N.o 49.
Rowlandson & Pugin Delt. et Sculpt. J. C. Stadler Aquat.
London. Pub.1st Decr. 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint, plate 235 x 275mm (9 x 10¾").
Interior of the Sale Room of the East India Company at Leadenhall Street in the City. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 61945]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Court of Kings Bench, Westminster Hall.
Court of Kings Bench, Westminster Hall.
Pugin & Rowlandson del. et Sculpt. J. Bluck, Aquat.
London. Pub June 1, 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint with large margins. Platemark: 240 x 285mm (9½ x 11¼").
An interior view of the Court of Kings Bench, Westminster Hall, London. The Court of King's Bench (or Court of Queen's Bench during the reign of a female monarch), formally known as The Court of the King Before the King Himself, was an English court of common law. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 34083]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Kings Bench Prison.
Kings Bench Prison.
Pugin & Rowlandson del. et sculpt. J. C. Stadler Aquat.
London. Pub1.st Dec.r 1808, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint with large margins. Platemark: 240 x 285mm (9½ x 11¼").
The King's Bench Prison was a situated in Southwark, south London, England, from medieval times until it closed in 1880. It took its name from the King's Bench court of law in which cases of defamation, bankruptcy and other misdemeanours were heard; as such, the prison was often used as a debtor's prison until the practice was abolished in the 1860s. In 1842, it was renamed the Queen's Prison, and later became the Southwark Convict Prison. A game of rackets is taking place on left. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 34158]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Kings Bench Prison.
Kings Bench Prison.
Pugin & Rowlandson del. et sculpt. J. C. Stadler Aquat.
London. Pub1.st Dec.r 1808, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint with large margins. Platemark: 240 x 285mm (9½ x 11¼"). Few nicks in margins.
The courtyard of the King's Bench Prison in St George's Fields, Southwark, London, with inmates playing a game of rackets on the far left. The prison, which took its name from the King's Bench court of law in which cases of defamation, bankruptcy and other misdemeanours were heard, was mainly occupied by debtors, some of the most famous of whom included King Theodore I of Corsica and Tobias Smollett. In 1768 the imprisonment of John Wilkes (for libel) triggered riots in which several people were killed. This building was burnt to the ground in the 1780 Gordon Riots, and quickly rebuilt. By the time this print was made, the prison had become notorious for the laxity of its rules (an 1828 description would call it 'the most desirable place of incarceration in London' and by that time there were thirty gin shops and a host of trades being practiced in the courtyard). The prison was demolished in 1880. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', which probably selected the prison to depict because of its comparative comfort. The figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212; for the burning of the old prison in the Gordon Riots see ref. 25017.
[Ref: 37368]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Dining Hall, Asylum.
Dining Hall, Asylum. Plate 5.
Rowlandson & Pugin, Del.t et Sculp.t. Hill, Aquat..
London. Pub Feb 1, 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with large margins on three sides. Small margin at top.
View within the dining hall of the asylum in Lambeth; girls dressed in simple purple dresses with white bonnets seated at long narrow tables along sides of plain large room, with flagstones and grey walls; a few more elegantly dressed figures strolling between the tables. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 62780]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Lambeth Palace.
Lambeth Palace.
Pugin & Rowlandson del.t et sculp.t J.C. Stadler. aqua.t.
London. Pub. 1st Dec.r, 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 235 x 275mm (9¼ x 10½") very large margins.
A view of the 14th Century Guard Room of Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop's principle audience room. The magnificent arch-braced roof is contemporary to that of Westminster Hall. A plate from Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London' (1808-9), a landmark publication in the documentation of London, bringing together two specialist artists, Thomas Rowlandson to design the figures and Augustus Pugin to provide the architectural draughtsmanship. The result was a series of scenes unprecedented in their combination of vivid activity and architectual accuracy.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 39726]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Leaden Hall Market
Leaden Hall Market
Rowlandson & Pugin Delt. Et Sculpt. J. Bluck, Aquat.
London. Pub 1st Jany, 1809 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 263 x 222mm.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 5227]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[9 Legal scenes from Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London']
[9 Legal scenes from Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London'] The Roman Catholic Chapel, Lincolns Inn Fields [&] Court of Chancery, Lincoln's Inn Hall [&] Court of Common Pleas, Westminster Hall [&] Court of Kings Bench, Westminster Hall [&] Doctors Commons [&] Guildhall [&] Common Council Chamber, Guildhall [&] Old Bailey [&] Session House, Clerkenwell.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt et sculp Stadler aqua.t
London, Pub. [1 April 1808- June 1st 1809] at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Nine coloured aquatints in frames, outside of frames each approx 460 x 500mm (18 x 19½"). Unexamined out of frames
Nine plates from Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', focusing on the legal institutions of the city. The 'Microcosm of London' (1808-9) was a landmark publication in the documentation of London, bringing together two specialist artists, Thomas Rowlandson to design the figures and Augustus Pugin to provide the architectural draughtsmanship. The result was a series of scenes unprecedented in their combination of vivid activity and architectual accuracy.
Adams: 99. 16, 22, 23, 24, 31, 40, 41, 58, 70
[Ref: 28067]   £1,350.00   view all images for this item
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The Roman Catholic Chapel, (Lincolns Inn Fields.)
The Roman Catholic Chapel, (Lincolns Inn Fields.) Plate 16
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. J. Bluck aquat.
London Pub. 1st April 1808, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with large margins.
Interior of the chapel; the congregation assembled and in prayer, two levels of balconies on either side supported by Doric columns with a domed ceiling over the altar. A plate from Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London' (1808-9), a landmark publication in the documentation of London, bringing together two specialist artists, Thomas Rowlandson to design the figures and Augustus Pugin to provide the architectural draughtsmanship. The result was a series of scenes unprecedented in their combination of vivid activity and architectual accuracy.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.16.
[Ref: 62751]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Lloyd's Subscription Room.
Lloyd's Subscription Room.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t et sculp.t. J.C. Stadler aqua.t.
London, Pub. 1st Jan.y 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 220 x 260mm (8¾ x 10¼"), watermarked 1808. Paper lightly toned.
The interior of the Royal Exchange at Cornhill, centre of London's insurance trade.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 46885]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Lloyd's Subscription Room.
Lloyd's Subscription Room.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t et sculp.t. J.C. Stadler aqua.t.
London, Pub. 1st Jan.y 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 220 x 260mm (8¾ x 10¼"), with large margins.
The interior of the Royal Exchange at Cornhill, centre of London's insurance trade. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 47229]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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House of Lords.
House of Lords. N.o 52.
Pugin & Rowlandson, del.t. et sculp.t. J. Bluck aqua.t.
London, Pub. 1.st. Jan. 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 270 x 220mm (10½ x 8¾"), with very large margins.
Interior view of the House of Lords in session in which robed figures regard a standing man addressing the room. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 62689]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Magdalen Chapel.
Magdalen Chapel.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t. Bluck aqua.t.
London. Pub 1st Feb.y, 1809 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 225 x 270mm. 9¾ x 10½".
An interior of the Chapel of Magdalen House, St Georges Fields, a home for the reception of penitent female prostitutes.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 11442]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Egyptian Hall, Mansion House.
Egyptian Hall, Mansion House.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculpt. J. Bluck, aqua.t.
London. Pub 1st Jany, 1809 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Plate 228 x 275mm. 9 x 10¾". Some staining around edges, creasing to the bottom edge of the sheet.
A dining scene inside Egyptian Hall in Mansion House; waiters and servants running around serving all the guests on the long tables. It would seat 350 and was based on the designs by the classical Roman architect Vitruvius of Roman buildings in Egypt, with giant columns supporting a narrower attic area. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 47223]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Egyptian Hall, Mansion House.
Egyptian Hall, Mansion House.
Rowlandson & Pugin Del.t. Et Sculpt. J. Bluck, Aqua.t.
London. Pub 1st Jany, 1809 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. Plate 230x280mm (9 x 10¾") large margins. .
A dining scene inside Egyptian Hall in Mansion House; waiters and servants running around serving all the guests on the long tables. It would seat 350 and was based on the designs by the classical Roman architect Vitruvius of Roman buildings in Egypt, with giant columns supporting a narrower attic area.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 53545]   £170.00   (£204.00 incl.VAT)
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Watch House, S.t Mary Lee Bone.
Watch House, S.t Mary Lee Bone. Plate 91.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculpt. J. Bluck aquat.
London. Pub Sep.t 1.st 1809. at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101. Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 235 x 275mm (9¼ x 10¾"), with large margins.
Interior view; watchmen assembling for their nocturnal rounds, wearing heay brown coats, black caps and holding lanterns. A plate from Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London' (1808-9), a landmark publication in the documentation of London, bringing together two specialist artists, Thomas Rowlandson to design the figures and Augustus Pugin to provide the architectural draughtsmanship. The result was a series of scenes unprecedented in their combination of vivid activity and architectual accuracy.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.91
[Ref: 62746]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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Hospital, Middlesex.
Hospital, Middlesex.
Rowlandson & Pugin, del.t. et sculp.t. Stadler Aqua.t.
London, Pub, 1.st. Nov.r. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Aquatint with large margins. Plate: 280 x 230mm (11 x 9").
Interior scene depicting a ward in the Middlesex Hospital in London. Several women lie in beds, some attended by nurses and visitors. In the foreground a group of four figures gather round to inspect something held by a bespectacled man. Founded in 1745 in Fitzrovia, the Middlesex Hospital was created in order to provide medical care for the poor. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Sceney: 212.
[Ref: 47228]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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New Stock Exchange.
New Stock Exchange. Plate. 75.
Rowlandson & Pugin del et Sculpt. J.C. Stadler Aquat.
London, Pub. July 1st July, 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 275 x 230mm (10¾ x 9"), with very large margins. On paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1808.'
London's 'New' Stock Exchange, built in Capel Court by James Peacock, 1801-2. A plate from Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London' (1808-9), a landmark publication in the documentation of London, bringing together two specialist artists, Thomas Rowlandson to design the figures and Augustus Pugin to provide the architectural draughtsmanship. The result was a series of scenes unprecedented in their combination of vivid activity and architectual accuracy.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 62691]   £320.00  
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Newgate Chapel.
Newgate Chapel. Plate 57.
Rowlandson & Pugin del. et sculpt. Stadler Aquat.
London. Pub 1.st March 1809 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with large margins.
Interior view of the chapel, in the prison; condemned prisoners kneel and pray in the Dock, around a coffin. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.57.
[Ref: 62749]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Old Bailey.
Old Bailey.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. Stadler aquat.
London Pub. 1st. March 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint on J. Whatman paper watermarked 1808. Platemark: 240 x 285mm (9½ x 11¼"). Trimmed to plate at top but large margins on other the three sides.
An interior view of the Old Bailey, London. The court at Old Bailey held sessions eight times a year. It heard the most serious crimes commited in the city of London and Middlesex. In this image a witness is being cross-examined in one of these sessions. The court has been demolished and the present court building dates from 1907. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 58325]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[His Majesty's Theatre] Opera House.
[His Majesty's Theatre] Opera House.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t et sculp.t. J. Bluck, aquat.
London Pub. 1st. March 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 235 x 266mm (9¼ x 10½") very large margins.
His (or Her) Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, established by architect and playwright John Vanbrugh in 1705 as the Queen's Theatre, but by 1709 had become an opera house. This is the interior of the second theatre, designed by Michael Novosielski after the first succumbed to arson in 1789, opened in 1791 and operating until 1867. A plate from Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', one of the key visual sources for London in the late Georgian period.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 58200]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Philanthropic Society, the Chapel.
Philanthropic Society, the Chapel.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t et sculp.t. J. Bluck aqua.t.
London Pub. 1.st April 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 240 x 285mm (9½ x 11¼") large margins.
An interor view of the chapel of the Royal Philanthropic Society founded in 1788. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London'; the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 47225]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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The Post Office.
The Post Office. Plate 63.
Pugin & Rowlandson del.t et sculp.t. aquat.
London. Pub 1st April 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 240 x 280mm (9½ x 11"), with very large margins
An interior view of the busy Post Office when it was housed in Sir Robert Vyner's house in Lombard Street. It was here that letters were sorted for delivery in the morning and newspapers were sorted in the evening. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 62695]   £150.00   (£180.00 incl.VAT)
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Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Pugin & Rowlandson del.t.
for No.1 Jany. 1809 [London: for R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts.]
Scarce hand coloured aquatint. Sheet 150 x 240mm (6 x 9½"). Trimmed into plate.
Figures browsing through folios and prints inside Rudolph Ackermann's famous emporium, the Repository of Arts to Her Majesty, at 101 The Strand. This is only the second plate produced for Ackermann's own 'Repository of Arts' periodical, published from 1809-1829. The formal title of the publication was 'Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics': it discussed and illustrated day to day life, and influenced English taste in fashion, architecture and literature. The figures by Thomas Rowlandson (1757 - 1827).
[Ref: 62644]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Quakers Meeting.
Quakers Meeting.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t. Stadler aqua.t.
London. Pub 1st April, 1809 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 230 x 270mm.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 5245]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Quakers Meeting.
Quakers Meeting. Plate 64.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t. Stadler aqua.t.
London. Pub 1st April, 1809 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with large margins.
A meeting taking place in a hall, with gallery. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 62777]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy, (Somerset House.)
Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy, (Somerset House.) Plate 1.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t et sculp.t. Harraden Aquatin.
London Pub.d 1. Jan.y 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts on the Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint. 240 x 285mm (9½ x 11¼") very large margins.
The interior view of a life drawing class at Somerset House, London, with a nude male posing for a class arranged in two tiers around the edge of the room. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 61926]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy, (Somerset House.)
Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy, (Somerset House.) Plate 1.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t et sculp.t. Harraden Aquatin.
London Pub.d 1. Jan.y 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts on the Strand.
Very fine hand coloured aquatint. 240 x 285mm (9½ x 11¼") very large margins.
The interior view of a life drawing class at Somerset House, London, with a nude male posing for a class arranged in two tiers around the edge of the room. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 61927]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Royal Circus.
Royal Circus.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t. Bluck aqua.t.
London Pub. 1.st. May 1809, at R. Akermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint with large margins. Plate: 270 x 230mm (10¼ x 9"). Some slight foxing.
View of the stage of the Royal Circus which opened in 1782 and staged pantomimes and other local entertainments. On the stage several figures in elaborate costumes perform infront of a giant teapot and tea cup before a large audience. From Rudolf Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London'.
Abbey Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 34614]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Royal Exchange.
Royal Exchange.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t./ Hill aqua.t.
London Pub 1.st.May 1809, at R.Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint with large margins. Plate: 270 x 230mm (10½ x 9").
Abbey Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 34356]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Royal Institution, Albemarle Street.
Royal Institution, Albemarle Street. Plate 68.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. Stadler, aquat.
London, Pub, 1.st May 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 230 x 270mm (9 x 10½"), with very large margins.
The library at the Royal Institution of Great Britain (often abbreviated as the Royal Institution or RI), an organization devoted to scientific education and research. It was founded in 1799 by the leading British scientists of the age, including Henry Cavendish and its first president, George Finch, the 9th Earl of Winchilsea. The Institution's stated aims were "diffusing the knowledge, and facilitating the general introduction, of useful mechanical inventions and improvements; and for teaching, by courses of philosophical lectures and experiments, the application of science to the common purposes of life." Since its founding it has been based on Albemarle Street in Mayfair. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London' (3 vols., 1808-10). Numbered 'Plate 68.' upper right.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 68.
[Ref: 62698]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Sadlers Wells Theatre.
Sadlers Wells Theatre.
Pugin & Rowlandson del.t. et sculp.t./ Bluck aqua.t.
London Pub June 1.st. 809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 270 x 230mm (10½ x 9"). Large margins.
Interior view of the stage of Sadler's Wells Theatre as seen from the back of the theatre. A large audience watches what could be an aqua drama, a specialty of Sadlers Wells Theatre. The theatre's proximity to the New River provided the necessary water to fill a special tank which provided the setting for several nautical performances such as 'The Seige of Gibraltar' staged in 1804. From Rudolf Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London.'
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 34322]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[A Bird's Eye View of Smithfield Market taken from the Bear & Ragged Staff.]
[A Bird's Eye View of Smithfield Market taken from the Bear & Ragged Staff.]
Pugin & Rowlandson delt. Bluck sculpt.
[London published 1st Jany. 1811, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101, Strand.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 370 x 505mm (14½ x 19¾"). Trimmed close to image on all sides.
A large & scarce colourful scene of a busy Smithfield Market.
[Ref: 64153]   £420.00  
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Society of Agriculture.
Society of Agriculture.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t. J.C.Stadler aqua.t.
London. Pub. June 1st, 1809 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint, watermark W. Balston 1809; plate 225 x 270mm (9¾ x 10½"), very large margins.
The Society of Agriculture, meeting at 32 Sackville Street, off Piccadilly. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 56118]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Somerset House, Strand.
Somerset House, Strand.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t./ Bluck aqua.t.
London Pub 1.st. June 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint with large margins. J. Whatman/W. Balston 1809 watermark. Plate: 270 x 230mm (10½ x 9"). Some faint foxing.
View of the quadrangle of Somerset House looking towards what would have been the Admiralty. In the foreground one-legged beggar approaches a soldier accompanied by two women while other groups of figures stand in conversation. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 46888]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Somerset House, Strand.
Somerset House, Strand.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t./ Bluck aqua.t.
London Pub 1.st. June 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint with large margins. Plate: 270 x 230mm (10½ x 9").
View of the quadrangle of Somerset House looking towards what would have been the Admiralty. In the foreground one-legged beggar approaches a soldier accompanied by two women while other groups of figures stand in conversation. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 61934]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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South Sea House. Dividend Hall.
South Sea House. Dividend Hall.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t. Sutherland aqua.t.
London. Pub. Feb 1, 1810 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 225 x 270mm. 9¾ x 10½".
The Foundling Hospital in Guildford Street. It was founded in 1742 by Captain Thomas Coram, whose friends included William Hogarth (later a governor of the institution) and Handel (who donated an organ to the chapel and gave performances of the 'Messiah' on it, raising £7,000). Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 11445]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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South Sea House. Dividend Hall.
South Sea House. Dividend Hall.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculp.t. Sutherland aqua.t.
London. Pub. Feb 1, 1810 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 225 x 270mm (9¾ x 10½"), with large margins
"The hall, in which dividends are paid, is a spaciou room," Ackermann wrote, "and finished in a style of no common elegance, as seen in the plate which represents it." The British South Sea Company was an investment company that specialized in international trade. Well-dressed men and women check their accounts in Dividend Hall at the British South Sea Company in London. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 61946]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Workhouse, St. James's Parish.
Workhouse, St. James's Parish. Plate 96.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t et sculp.t. Sunderland aqua.t.
London Pub. Dec.r 1st 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, J. Whatman 1808 watermark; plate 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with large margins. Some offset.
An interior scene showing a large room in the St James's workhouse near Carnaby Market in Soho. A plate from Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London' (1808-9), a landmark publication in the documentation of London, bringing together two specialist artists, Thomas Rowlandson to design the figures and Augustus Pugin to provide the architectural draughtsmanship. The result was a series of scenes unprecedented in their combination of vivid activity and architectual accuracy.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 62781]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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St Margarets, Westminster.
St Margarets, Westminster.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t et sculp.t. J. Bluck aqua.t.
London, Pub. Aug.t 1st, 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 275 x 230mm (10¾ x 9"), paper watermarked 1836, large margins.
The interior of the parish church of the House of Commons, situated in the grounds of Westminster Abbey. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 47222]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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St Martins, In the Fields.
St Martins, In the Fields. Plate 79.
Rowlandson & Pugin del. et sculpt. Stadler Aquat.
London. Pub 1.st March 1809 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured, plate 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with large margins.
Interior view of St Martin's in the Fields during a service, looking east; Corinthian columns supporting the roof and galleries, the roof decorated with fret-work; the altar at far end with stained glass window above. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.79.
[Ref: 62753]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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S.t. Paul's Cathedral.
S.t. Paul's Cathedral.
Pugin & Rowlandson del.t. et sculp.t./ J. Bluck aqua.t
London, Pub. Aug.t. 1.st. 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repoistory of Arts 101 Strand.
Coloured aquatint with large margins. Plate: 230 x 270mm, (9 x 10½").
Interior scene in which several groups of figures examine the sculpture and architecture of St. Pauls Cathedral. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 34169]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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St Stephen's, Walbrook.
St Stephen's, Walbrook. Plate 90.
Rowlandson & Pugin del.t. et sculpt. J. Bluck aquat.
London. Pub Nov.r 1.st 1809. at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101. Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 235 x 275mm (9¼ x 10¾"), with large margins.
View of the interior of the church with large Corinthian columns supporting upper gallery and the pews filled for the service A plate from Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London' (1808-9), a landmark publication in the documentation of London, bringing together two specialist artists, Thomas Rowlandson to design the figures and Augustus Pugin to provide the architectural draughtsmanship. The result was a series of scenes unprecedented in their combination of vivid activity and architectual accuracy.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.90.
[Ref: 62747]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Drawing Room St. James's.
Drawing Room St. James's.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. J. Bluck aquat.
London Pub. July 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 235 x 280mm (9¼ x 11") with large margins.
A social gathering in a plush interior at St. James's Palace. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10. Numbered 'Plate 76.' upper right.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 76.
[Ref: 58324]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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St. Luke's Hospital.
St. Luke's Hospital.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. J.C. Stadler aquat.
London Pub, Augt. 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, 230 x 275mm. 9 x 10¾".
St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics was founded in London in 1751 for the treatment of incurable lunatics. It was the second public institution in London created to look after mentally ill people, after the Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlem (Bedlam, founded in 1246). The hospital was originally housed in a converted foundry in Windmill Street, Upper Moorfields, close to Bedlam. It moved to purpose-built premises on Old Street, on the north-west corner of Providence Row, in 1786. Behind the main building were two gardens for the exercise of the less disturbed inmates, one for men and another for women. The patients were transferred to other institutions in 1916, and the buildings were acquired by the Bank of England to become the St Luke's Printing Works, used for printing bank notes until the early 1950s. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10. Numbered 'Plate 77.' upper right.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 77.
[Ref: 9873]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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St. Luke's Hospital.
St. Luke's Hospital. Plate 77.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. J.C. Stadler aquat.
London Pub, Augt. 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, J. Whatman 1808 watermark; plate 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with large margins.
St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics was founded in London in 1751 for the treatment of incurable lunatics. It was the second public institution in London created to look after mentally ill people, after the Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlem (Bedlam, founded in 1246). The hospital was originally housed in a converted foundry in Windmill Street, Upper Moorfields, close to Bedlam. It moved to purpose-built premises on Old Street, on the north-west corner of Providence Row, in 1786. Behind the main building were two gardens for the exercise of the less disturbed inmates, one for men and another for women. The patients were transferred to other institutions in 1916, and the buildings were acquired by the Bank of England to become the St Luke's Printing Works, used for printing bank notes until the early 1950s. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 77.
[Ref: 62774]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Stamp Office, Somerset House
Stamp Office, Somerset House
Rowlandson & Pugin Delt. et Sculpt. J. C. Stadler Aquat.
London. Pub. July 1st, 1809 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Coloured aquatint. 278 x 230mm.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 5254]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Stamp Office, Somerset House.
Stamp Office, Somerset House.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. J.C. Stadler aquat.
London Pub, July 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, 235 x 280mm. 9¼ x 11".
An industrious scene inside the Stamp Office, Somerset House. Along with the Tax Office, it helped form what was to become the Inland Revenue. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10. Numbered 'Plate 74.' upper right.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 74.
[Ref: 9875]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Surrey Institution.
Surrey Institution.
Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt. J.C. Stadler aquat.
London Pub. Septr. 1st. 1809, at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, 230 x 275mm. 9 x 10¾".
The packed Lecture Hall of the Surrey Institution, an organisation devoted to scientific education and research on Blackfriars Road on the south side of the Thames, at the time part of the county of Surrey. It was founded by private subscription in 1807, but the Institution lasted only until 1823, when it was dissolved. Plate to Volume III of Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London', 3 vols., 1808-10. Numbered 'Plate 81.' upper right.
Abbey, Scenery: 212, 81.
[Ref: 9870]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Synagogue, Dukes Place, Houndsditch.
Synagogue, Dukes Place, Houndsditch. Plate 82.
Pugin & Rowlandson del.t. et sculp.t. Sunderland aqua.t.
London Pub. Sep.t. 1.st. 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 235 x 280mm (9¼ x 11"), with very large margins. On paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1808.'
Interior view of the Great Synagogue in London. A synagogue was situated on the site from shortly after the return of the Jews to England in the 17th Century until the Blitz. The building depicted in the image with the third synagogue to be built on the site and was constructed between 1788 and 1790.
Abbey, Scenery: 212
[Ref: 62693]   £320.00  
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