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Royal Circus from Ackermann's Repository

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Designer

Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827
Augustus Charles Pugin, French, active Great Britain, ca. 1762–1832

Print Maker

John Bluck, British, 1791–1832

Publisher

Ackermann’s, London, England

Print Maker

Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827
Augustus Charles Pugin, French, active Great Britain, ca. 1762–1832

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Horizontal rectangle. Theater, with audience standing in the pit; seated in boxes and parquet. Clowns on stage, and a large teapot between houses. Title and artists' names below, publisher's name above.

Credit Line

Gift of Hamill and Barker

Date

1809

Accession Number

1961-105-275

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

theater

Object Name

Print

Type

Print

Medium

Aquatint with watercolor on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 26.9 × 27.1 cm (10 9/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 23.1 × 27.1 cm (9 1/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

made in

Europe
London, England

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4fb2a8019-4bd9-4afd-b2c5-49a5276bd56d

Record ID

chndm_1961-105-275

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