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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827
Covent Garden Market : Westminster Election / Pugin & Rowlandson del. et sculp., J. Bluck aquat.
hand-colored etching and aquatint
image: 194 x 260 mm ; plate mark: 232 x 278 mm ; sheet: 247 x 295 mm
Peel 2013
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Illustration for: Rudolph Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London' [1808], volume 1.
Summary:
A busy view of Covent Garden during a Westminster election, dominated by St. Paul's Church. A large crowd is gathered in the piazza for the hustings, some waving colorful banners.
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