Plate 22, from "World in Miniature"

Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London British

1816

Not on view

One of forty prints from Rowlandson's "World in Miniature; Consisting of Groups of Figures, for the Illustration of Landscape Scenery."

A landscape with Gothic castle ruins in the background center. A coach with many passengers travelling downhill at left. A woman on a horse followed by children with baskets on their heads walk uphill at left.

Artwork Details

Title: Plate 22, from "World in Miniature"
Series/Portfolio: World in Miniature
Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
Published in: London
Date: 1816
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (16.9 × 24 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.49.2(22)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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