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Characteristic sketches of the lower orders by Thomas ROWLANDSON

Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
ROWLANDSON, Thomas.
Characteristic sketches of the lower orders,
intended as a companion to the New picture of London: consisting of fifty-four plates neatly coloured.

Stock Code 110365
London, Leigh, 1820

Current price £2,500.00
Rowlandson's superb record of the street traders of London now long disappeared: the night-watchman, the raree-showman, the sellers of poodles, bandboxes, saloop, and other commodities, etc.

First edition; 12mo; title with slip 'Fifty-Four Engravings' pasted over, fifty-four hand-coloured etched plates by and after Rowlandson, a little browned and soiled, a few spots or stains, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, morocco lettering piece, a very good copy.

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	19th Century
Creation Date:	1820
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	110365
Incollect Reference #:	681595

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