The Hall, Blue Coat School. Plate 10.
Rowlandson & Pugin del. et sculpt. Hill, Aquat.
London. Pub March 1, 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with large margins.
A view inside the hall of the school at Blue Coat School, London. Two students wearing blue coats stand on platform in centre of hall, with scholars and elegantly dressed figures seated around edge. A large "figure painting" can be seen across the top half of the wall above the panelling on the right. 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: 212.10.
[Ref: 62752] £120.00
London. Pub March 1, 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, plate 230 x 280mm (9 x 11"), with large margins.
A view inside the hall of the school at Blue Coat School, London. Two students wearing blue coats stand on platform in centre of hall, with scholars and elegantly dressed figures seated around edge. A large "figure painting" can be seen across the top half of the wall above the panelling on the right. 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: 212.10.
[Ref: 62752] £120.00