Study for `Bad News Upon Change'
Study for `Bad News Upon Change'
 Study for `Bad News Upon Change'Pencil on laid paper21 by 35.2 cm., 8 ¼ by 13 ¾ in.The Royal Exchange, on the corner of Threadneedle Street and Cornhill in the City of London, was a popular meeting place for merchants to do business. In the centre of the courtyard was a statue of Charles II, the base of which is visible here. The surrounding buildings were destroyed by fire in 1838.The engraving `Bad News Upon Change', based on a drawing by George Moutard Woodward, was published by S.W. Fores on 28th December 1794.){kind=link}
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)
Study for `Bad News Upon Change'
Pencil on laid paper
21 by 35.2 cm., 8 ¼ by 13 ¾ in.
The Royal Exchange, on the corner of Threadneedle Street and Cornhill in the City of London, was a popular meeting place for merchants to do business. In the centre of the courtyard was a statue of Charles II, the base of which is visible here. The surrounding buildings were destroyed by fire in 1838.
The engraving `Bad News Upon Change', based on a drawing by George Moutard Woodward, was published by S.W. Fores on 28th December 1794.