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Rudolph Ackermann
Indian jugglers
Published
[London] : Publish'd by R Ackermann 101 Strand 13 Sepr 1813, [1813]
hand colored etching
image: 182 x 258 mm; plate mark: 235 x 316 mm; sheet: 253 x 333 mm
Peel 1965
Notes
Lettered below image "Publish'd by R Ackermann 101 Strand 13 Sepr 1813" and "The Indian Jugglers."
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Three Indian acrobats performing on a raised dais, all dressed in white shirts and striped pantaloons, one playing cymbals, one swallowing a sword and one balancing a top on his nose whilst spinning hoops on his toes, paraphernalia of their act on the dais including a snake, balls and a sack, vignettes of Chinese grotesques playing tricks below.
Associated names
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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