Christie's Auction Room, Augustus Charles Pugin, French, active Great Britain, ca. 1762–1832, Thomas Rowlandson, British, 1756–1827, John Bluck, British, 1791–1832, Rudolph Ackermann, English, b. Germany, 1764–1834, Brush and wash, etching and aquatint on paper, Plate showing Christie's Auction Room from the series 'Microcosm of London.' A crowd stands in a high-ceilinged room, with light streaming in through high windows. Paintings in ornate frames are hung salon-style, with vaguely recognizable classical compositions: an Annunciation, an Adoration, a saint, an equestrian scene, a portrait.

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