Exhibition "Stare" Case, Thomas Rowlandson, 1811

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Exhibition 'Stare' Case, 1811 (?), Etching, hand colored, sheet: 18 3/4 x 13 1/16 in. ( x cm), Prints, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), One of Rowlandson's most ebullient designs, this etching simultaneously mocks the exhibition-going public and the London art establishment. Visitors eager to view the annual spring exhibition of the Royal Academy struggle to negotiate a steep spiral staircase at Somerset House on the Strand

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Size: 3732px × 5690px
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