Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Charles Pugin, Exhibition Room, Somerset House, 1 January 1808.
Aquatint and etching. 194 mm x 259 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Exhibition Room, Somerset House, 1 January 1808
Thomas Rowlandson (1757 - 1827) and Augustus Charles Pugin (1769 - 1832)
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194 mm x 259 mm
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