Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall

Thomas Rowlandson, caricaturist and draughtsman, attended the Royal Academy Schools. After his studies he worked in watercolours and developed a style influenced by Gainsborough and French Rococo art. From 1784 he received commissions for publications and later gained the patronage of the Prince of Wales. He also produced satirical images, illustrating well-known scandals and characters. Despite gaining a substantial inheritance in 1789, by 1793 he was in poverty. However, his financial worries eased when he received commissions from Ackermann, which led to his involvement with A. C. Pugin in ‘The Microcosm of London’. Rowlandson later produced sketches for the adventures of ‘Dr Syntax’ (1812-21), also published by Ackermann.

Places

England, London, Westminster Hall, Westminster

Subjects

book (as subject), topography, man, 19th century costume, judge, lawyer, law court, hall, balcony, legal interior

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, coloured aquatint

Artist

Auguste Charles Pugin (1762 - 1832)
Joseph Constantine Stadler (1755 - 1828)
Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827)

Title

Court of Common Pleas, Westminster Hall

Date

published 1 June 1808

Medium

Coloured aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from Parker Gallery, November 1971

GAC number

9416