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Title: The Microcosm of London, or London in Miniature, Vol. I
Author:
William Henry Pyne (British, London 1770–1843 Middlesex)
Author:
William Combe (British, London 1742–1823 London)
Artist:
Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Artist:
Auguste Charles Pugin (British (born France), Paris 1768/69–1832 London)
Artist:
Aquatint by Richard Bankes Harraden (British, 1778–1862 Cambridge)
Artist:
Aquatint by John Hill (American (born England), London 1770–1850 Clarksville, New York)
Artist:
Aquatint by John Bluck (British, 1791–1832)
Artist:
Aquatint by Joseph Constantine Stadler (German, active London, 1780–1822)
Dedicatee:
George IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland (British, London 1762–1830 Windsor)
Draftsman:
Headpiece by Edward Francis Burney (British, Worcester 1760–1848 London)
Engraver:
Headpiece by Thomas Williamson (British, active 1801–25)
Engraver:
Dedication by Thomas Tomkins (British, 1743–1816 London)
Engraver:
Dedication by Robert Ashby (British, 1774–1843)
Publisher:
Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
Printer:
Title page by Thomas Bensley (British, baptised London 1759–1835)
Printer:
L. Harrison (London)
Date: 1808–11
Medium: Illustrations: hand-colored etching and aquatint
Dimensions:
Book: 13 13/16 x 11 1/2 in. (35.1 x 29.2 cm)
Image: 7 7/8 × 10 3/4 in. (20 × 27.3 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Object Number: 21.36.164(1)
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