Connoisseurs–or Portrait Collectors !!!

Thomas Rowlandson British
Related author John Britton British
Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme British, London

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Two collectors look through offerings in a shop. The dealer at right, bald except for a queue praises the portrait held by a tall thin man wearing a long coat and spectacles. The other customer, near the window looks at works in a second stand. Prints hung against the window panes are backlit. Mounted with four other scenes designed and etched by Rowlandson: 59.533.1022(2-5) and title page 59.533.1022(1).

Connoisseurs–or Portrait Collectors !!!, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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