John Bluck
Common Council Chamber, Guildhall

ArtistEnglish, active 1791–1819
PublisherEnglish, born Saxony, 1764–1834
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Common Council Chamber, Guildhall
  • from The Microcosm of London, or London in Miniature
DateNovember 1, 1808
Made inLondon, England
Place depictedLondon, England
MediumAquatint and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper
DimensionsPlate: 10 7/8 × 9 1/4 in. (27.7 × 23.5 cm)
Sheet (irreg.): 12 3/4 × 10 1/2 in. (32.4 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Betty Krulik in honor of Emily Neff
Object number2013.279
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[The Old Print Shop, New York, by 2013]; purchased by MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition History“American Adversaries: West and Copley in a Transatlantic World,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 6, 2013–January 20, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed lower right below the image: J. Bluck aquat.
Printed lower left below the image:: Rowlandson & Pugin delt. et sculpt.
Printed lower center recto margin: COMMON COUNCIL CHAMBER, GUILDHALL. / London Pub. 1st Nov.r 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101 Strand.
Printed upper right above image: No. 42.
Watermark and countermark along the right edge: "J. Whatman // 1808"
The Old Print Shop 60101

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