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Surrey Institution by Auguste Charles Pugin|Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Joseph Constantine Stadler

Medium

Hand-colored etching and aquatint

Dimensions

Sheet: 10 11/16 × 12 13/16 in. (27.2 × 32.6 cm) Plate: 9 1/8 × 10 13/16 in. (23.2 × 27.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.589.2

Tags

Crowd

Art Historical Context

Step into the bustling heart of early 19th-century London with *Surrey Institution*, a vibrant hand-colored etching and aquatint from September 1, 1809. Created by the collaborative talents of architects and illustrators Auguste Charles Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson, with printing by Joseph Constantine Stadler and publishing by Rudolph Ackermann, this print captures a lively crowd gathered within one of the city's newest cultural hubs. Measuring about 10 by 13 inches on its sheet, it exemplifies the exquisite detail of Regency-era printmaking, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawi...

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