Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Charles Pugin, Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy, Somerset House, 1 January 1808.
Etching, aquatint and watercolour. 197 mm x 260 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy, Somerset House, 1 January 1808
Thomas Rowlandson (1757 - 1827) and Augustus Charles Pugin (1769 - 1832)
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197 mm x 260 mm
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