Title
A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF SMITHFIELD MARKET : TAKEN FROM THE BEAR AND RAGGED STAFF. / Pugin & Rowlandson delt ; Bluck sculpt.
Creator
Bluck, John (Printmaker), printmaker.
Publication details
London : Publish'd 1st Jany 1811 at R. ACKERMANN'S Repository of Arts, 101 Strand., [January 1 1811]
Physical details
1 print : aquatint and etching with hand-colouring ; platemark 43 x 53.2 cm, on sheet 45 x 61.4 cm.
Description
Smithfield Market viewed from a balcony looking towards St Bartholomew's, the tower of which appears above the houses in the corner of the square, the dome of St Paul's further l, pens of sheep and cattle, drovers and countrymen, in the foreground left are two pens of pigs with dealers examining them. Title area shaded in grey.
Place
London (England)
Additional information
The British Museum hold a watercolour with different staffage at 1865,0114.844, and Adams refers to the Guildhall also holding a watercolour.
Other persons
Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.22.35.b.