THE POST OFFICE.

DateApril 1, 1809

After work by Rowlandson & Pugin

Publisher Rudolph Ackermann

Engraver Rowlandson & Pugin

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white etching with aquatint and period hand color

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

Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. Hope Norton.

Object number1976-305

DescriptionThe upper margin reads: "Plate 63."

The lower margin reads: "THE POST OFFICE./ Pugin & Rowlandson del.t et sculp.t/ aqua.t/ London Pub 1.st April 1809, 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).