Brand New!! Who Painted This? #59

Who painted this? #59

Lots of clues inwards this icon if y'all hold off closely - in addition to non only the obvious ones!

There are ii real interesting stories associated alongside the bailiwick of this portrait icon in addition to the mortal who painted this portrait.  Let's encounter if y'all tin operate them both out!

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 fleck of a challenge but i that's worth it........

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Who Painted This #58 - The Answer

Christie's Auction Room yesteryear Thomas Rowlandson

Title of the artwork: Christie's Auction Room

Name of the creative mortal who created this artwork: Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827)

Date it was created: 1808

Media used: Hand coloured aquatint on paper

Where it lives now: This engraving was published equally Plate half dozen of Microcosm of London (1808) (see File:Microcosm of London Plate 006 - Auction Room, Christie's.jpg).

Plate 6: Scene inwards an auction room, a sale inwards progress; paintings hang from walls in addition to are displayed from an easel, a crowd gathers inwards room; instance inwards the 'Microcosm of London'. 1808Etching, aquatint in addition to hand-colouring

This operate is odd for a number of reasons

First - it's non an independent picture. It's truly a icon present which is saltation inwards a mass which was printed. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 sketch in addition to a proper re-create of it exists in addition to is kept inwards the British Library.

Next it's predominantly the operate of i human being - but it's possible a minute helped out in addition to a 3rd would accept produced the engraving.

The mass it forms business office of has images produced yesteryear ii men. Augustus Charles Pugin (No - non that Pugin.  He is inwards fact the begetter of the human being who designed the interior of the Palace of Westminster) was an architectural draughtsman, trained yesteryear John Nash. He was first-class when a drawing of a edifice was required. His operate was populated in addition to complemented yesteryear Thomas Rowlandson who excelled at drawing in addition to icon people.

Obviously this special operate is almost solely the operate of Rowlandson - although Pugin powerfulness had had a mitt inwards sorting out the upper business office of the room in addition to the glazed lights.

The Microcosm of Londonwas issued, inwards in addition to subsequently 1808, inwards 3 volumes. In the many coloured plates that illustrate, or constitute, this work, the figures were drawn yesteryear Rowlandson, in addition to the architecture yesteryear Augustus Charles Pugin, piece the text was written yesteryear William Combe. The operate is concerned non only alongside the antiquities of London, but alongside its contemporary life. 

You tin encounter the other plant which formed business office of the publication in

• Wikipedia inwards Microcosm of London (Volume 1). 
• You tin too see the mass - equally a book.  
• Plus The Motco Image Database has a consummate online re-create of the 104 handcoloured aquatint plates in Ackermanns Microcosm of London 

Living inwards London equally I do, I absolutely dear it - a groovy combination of making fine art in addition to telling stories almost London!

There's an absolutely fascinating weblog post service about Ackermann’s Microcosm of London – Online in The Regency Redingote.

The master copy 1808 – 1810 edition of this magnificently illustrated fix is extremely rare, in addition to thus prohibitively expensive. The reduced-size reprint of 1904 is nearly equally scarce in addition to almost equally costly.

There's too a lovely weblog post service about James Christie – from selling sleeping room pots to making billions… on Georgian Gentleman written yesteryear Mike Rendell (who too gets a bring upward inwards the comment of i of the participants inwards concluding week's challenge)

Who guessed correct?

Who painted this #58? - likely stumped a number of people given the operate was non a icon but a print!

However ii people both provided first-class answers for concluding week's challenge - in addition to they both told me things I didn't know.  I real much commend y'all to read their comments on concluding week's challenge.

They were Marie in addition to bernadettemadden.ie. Accordingly I'm going to brand them articulation winners of concluding week's challenge.  Marie did instruct at that spot get-go though!

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