Astley's Amphitheatre, from The Microcosm of London or London in Miniature
John Hill, English, 1770 - 1850, after Augustus Charles Pugin, English, 1762 - 1832, after Thomas Rowlandson, English, 1756 - 1827
1808
Hand colored etching on wove paper
Plate: 9 7/16 × 12 in. (24 × 30.5 cm)
Sheet: 10 9/16 × 13 1/4 in. (26.8 × 33.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of E. B. Watson, Class of 1902
PR.937.10.1
Publisher
Rudolph Ackermann
Geography/Culture
Europe, Great Britain
Period
19th century
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
Inscribed, in plate, upper right margin: Plate 4; inscribed, in plate, lower left margin: Pugin & Rowlandson, del.t [in superscript] & Sculp.t [in superscript]; inscribed, in plate, lower center margin: ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. / London Pub. Jan.y 1, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101, Strand.; inscribed, in plate, lower right margin: Hill, Aqua.t [in superscript]; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower left: 1141; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, center right: 13 1/2 x 10 3/4
Exhibition History
18th Century English Graphics, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 29-December 10, 1978.
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