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THOMAS ROWLANDSON (1757-1827)
Rag Fair
c. 1800RCIN 913692
Rag Fair, near present-day Liverpool Street Station, was a market where old clothes and textiles were traded, and was renowned as a bustling, noisy area with a swift trade in stolen goods. Rowlandson made at least three other versions of this drawing.
Cat. 56
Bibliographic reference(s)
O(E) 528 (O(E) : Oppé, A.P., 1950. English Drawings in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London)
