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
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