Accession No

6798

Brief Description

print, hand-coloured engraving, of Bullock's Museum, No.18 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics, published by Rudolph Ackermann, English, 1st June 1810

Origin

England; London; 101 Strand

Maker

Ackermann, Rudolph [publisher]

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1810

Latest Date

1810

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

244mm (width), 153mm (height)

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated by an individual in August 2023. Purchased from Grosvenor Prints (catalogue 68).

Inscription

Plate 35, Vol. 3

BULLOCK'S MUSEUM,
22, Piccadilly

No.18 of R. ACKERMANN'S REPOSITORY OF ARTS &c. Pub. June 1 1810, at 101, Strand, LONDON

Description Notes

Print, hand-coloured engraving, of Bullock's Museum, No.18 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics, published by Rudolph Ackermann, English, 1st June 1810.

Hand-coloured engraving showing the natural history collection in Bullock's Museum, which mostly came from Captain Cook's voyages. There are large taxidermied animals on open display in the centre of a gallery and smaller taxidermied animals and birds in glass cases around the edge of the gallery. Visitors are walking around the galleries looking at the displays. The engraving is in a thin, black border on cream paper. Beneath the image is the caption:
'BULLOCK'S MUSEUM,
22, Piccadilly

No.18 of R. ACKERMANN'S REPOSITORY OF ARTS &c. Pub. June 1 1810, at 101, Strand, LONDON'

Complete.

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