WATER ENGINE, COLD-BATH-FIELD'S PRISON.

DateMay 1, 1808

Engraver John Bluck fl. 1791 - 1819

After work by Rowlandson & Pugin

Publisher Rudolph Ackermann

Engraver Rowlandson & Pugin

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white etching with aquatint and period hand color

DimensionsOH: 13 3/8" x OW: 10 7/8"; Plate H: 11 1/4" x W: 9 3/8"

Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. Hope Norton.

Object number1976-283

DescriptionThe upper margin reads: "Plate 19."

The lower margin reads: "WATER ENGINE,/ COLD-BATH-FIELD'S PRISON./ Pugin & Rowlandson del. et Sculp.t/ J. Bluck Aqua.t/ London Pub. May 1, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101. Strand."ProvenanceBefore 1976, Marionne V. Norton [1898-1985] (Miami Beach, FL); 1976-present, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).