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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1899,0420.100
Title
Object:
Christie's Auction Room
Description
Plate 6: Scene in an auction room, with a sale of paintings in progress; a plate from Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London'. 1808 Hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Producer name
Print made by:
Thomas Rowlandson
Print made by:
Augustus Charles Pugin
Print made by:
John Bluck
School/style
British
Production date
1808
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
aquatint
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
215 millimetres
Width:
265 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
A single plate detached from Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London' (Abbey, Scenery, 212, no.6). It lacks the original publication line and date 1 February 1808.
Bibliographic references
Adams 1983 / London Illustrated 1604-1850: a survey and index of topographical books and their plates
(99.6)
Abbey Scenery / Scenery of Great Britain & Ireland in Aquatint & Lithography from the Library of J.R.Abbey
(212.6)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
auction
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
London
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Frank T Sabin
Acquisition date
1899
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1899,0420.100