Bidspirit auction | 19th c. English Engraving WATCH

19th c. English Engraving WATCH HOUSE, ST. MARY LE BONE - 19th c. English Engraving WATCH HOUSE, ST. MARY LE BONE after Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1756–1827) and Augustus Charles Pugin (French, active Great Britain, ca. 1762–1832), 1809 | Published: London: R. Ackermann, 1809 - ”London pub. Sept 1st 1809 - R. Ackerman's Repository of Arts 101 Strand” | Etched / Aquatint by John Bluck (British, 1791–1832) | Plate 91: Interior view; watchmen assembling for their nocturnal rounds, wearing heavy brown coats, black caps, holding lanterns; illustration to the 'Microcosm of London' 1809 in Ackermann's Repository of Arts, an illustrated British periodical | Professionally matted and framed under glass | Approx. Dimensions: 17.5” W x 16” H | References: Adams 1983 / London Illustrated 1604-1850: a survey and index of topographical books and their plates; Abbey Scenery / Scenery of Great Britain & Ireland in Aquatint & Lithography from the Library of J.R.Abbey.