Transparency: Exhibited at R. Ackermann's in the Strand on the 27th November 1815, the Day on which the General Peace was Celebrated in London
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (26.7 × 34.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.533.1970
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Rudolph Ackermann, London|Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher|Thomas Rowlandson|Louis XVIII, King of France|Napoléon Bonaparte|Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington · 1794–1832
**Rudolph Ackermann (1764–1834)** was a pivotal Anglo-German publisher, printseller, and entrepreneur whose London-based business shaped Regency-era visual culture through innovative printmaking and illustrated publications. Born in Stollberg, Saxony, he trained as a saddler and coach-builder before moving to London around 1787. He initially worked in carriage design and related trades, later esta...