Doctors Commons, from "Ackermann's Repository"
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Hamill and Barker
Accession Number
1961-105-245
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Step into the satirical world of early 19th-century London with *Doctors Commons*, a lively print by Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827), created in 1808 for *Ackermann's Repository Arts*. Rowlandson, a master caricaturist of the Regency era, was renowned for his humorous, exaggerated depictions of British society, often poking fun at institutions and their quirky inhabitants. This piece captures Doctors' Commons, the historic hub of ecclesiastical and admiralty lawyers in the City of London—a place synonymous with arcane legal rituals and bustling professional life. Published in Rudolph Ackermann'...