Who Painted This? #59

Who painted this? #59

Lots of clues inward this icon if you lot hold off closely - as well as non only the obvious ones!

There are 2 really interesting stories associated amongst the dependent champaign of this portrait icon as well as the mortal who painted this portrait.  Let's encounter if you lot tin strength out function them both out!

H5N1 fleck of a challenge but i that's worth it........

How to participate inward "Who painted this? #58"

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• use your brains non software to detect the answer - search using words only on a database of images 
• leave your reply equally a comment on this spider web log - do non locomote out the reply on Facebook! 
• if right it volition non hold out published until the side yesteryear side post service - which provides the answer 
• if incorrect it volition hold out published 
• the winner - who gets a refer as well as a link on/from this spider web log - is NOT THIS WEEK the outset mortal to give me a completely right reply for ALL the things I desire to know. It's the mortal who does all this AND provides the BEST answer (see above)

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 vi of Microcosm of London (1808) (see File:Microcosm of London Plate 006 - Auction Room, Christie's.jpg).

Plate 6: Scene inward an auction room, a sale inward progress; paintings hang from walls as well as are displayed from an easel, a crowd gathers inward room; example inward the 'Microcosm of London'. 1808Etching, aquatint as well as hand-colouring

This function is odd for a number of reasons

First - it's non an independent picture. It's truly a moving-picture present which is saltation inward a mass which was printed. H5N1 sketch as well as a proper re-create of it exists as well as is kept inward the British Library.

Next it's predominantly the function of i human being - but it's possible a minute helped out as well as a 3rd would bring produced the engraving.

The mass it forms purpose of has images produced yesteryear 2 men. Augustus Charles Pugin (No - non that Pugin.  He is inward fact the manful mortal nurture 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 function was populated as well as complemented yesteryear Thomas Rowlandson who excelled at drawing as well as icon people.

Obviously this special function is almost exclusively the function of Rowlandson - although Pugin powerfulness had had a paw inward sorting out the upper purpose of the room as well as the glazed lights.

The Microcosm of Londonwas issued, inward as well as later on 1808, inward 3 volumes. In the many coloured plates that illustrate, or constitute, this work, the figures were drawn yesteryear Rowlandson, as well as the architecture yesteryear Augustus Charles Pugin, piece the text was written yesteryear William Combe. The function is concerned non only amongst the antiquities of London, but amongst its contemporary life. 

You tin strength out encounter the other plant which formed purpose of the publication in

• Wikipedia inward Microcosm of London (Volume 1). 
• You tin strength out 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 inward London equally I do, I absolutely honey it - a groovy combination of making fine art as well as telling stories most London!

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

The master 1808 – 1810 edition of this magnificently illustrated gear upwardly is extremely rare, as well as thus prohibitively expensive. The reduced-size reprint of 1904 is nearly equally scarce as well as almost equally costly.

There's too a lovely spider web log post service about James Christie – from selling sleeping accommodation pots to making billions… on Georgian Gentleman written yesteryear Mike Rendell (who too gets a refer inward the comment of i of the participants inward final week's challenge)

Who guessed correct?

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

However 2 people both provided first-class answers for final week's challenge - as well as they both told me things I didn't know.  I really much commend you lot to read their comments on final week's challenge.

They were Marie as well as bernadettemadden.ie. Accordingly I'm going to brand them articulation winners of final week's challenge.  Marie did teach at that spot outset though!

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