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Grotesque Borders for Halls & Rooms

A work made of etching in black, with hand-colored additions, on cream wove paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching in black, with hand-colored additions, on cream wove paper.

Date:

published July 21, 1799

Artist:

Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)
after George Moutard Woodward (English, c. 1760- 1809)
published by Rudolph Ackermann (English, born Germany, 1764-1834)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson

Title

Grotesque Borders for Halls & Rooms

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Published 1799

Medium

Etching in black, with hand-colored additions, on cream wove paper

Dimensions

36.5 × 45 cm (14 3/8 × 17 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas F. Furness in memory of William McCallin McKee

Reference Number

1928.1516

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