Exhibition 'Stare' Case, 1811 (?), Etching, hand colored, sheet: 18 3/4 x 13 1/16 in. (47.6 x 33.2 cm), Prints, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), One of Rowlandson's most ebullient designs, this etching simultaneously mocks the exhibition-going public and the London art establishment. Visitors eager to view the annual spring exhibition of the Royal Academy struggle to negotiate a steep spiral staircase at Somerset House on the Strand
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Exhibition, Stare, Case, 1811, Etching, hand colored, sheet, 18 3/4 x 13 1/16, 47.6 33.2 cm, Prints, Thomas Rowlandson, British, London, 1757–1827, Rowlandson, ebullient designs, etching simultaneously mocks, exhibition-going public, London art, establishment, Visitors eager, view, annual spring, exhibition, Royal Academy, struggle, negotiate, steep spiral, staircase, Somerset House, Strand
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