A Going! A Going!!!
June 10, 1809
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 11/16 × 14 3/16 in. (27.2 × 36 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.533.1292
Tags
Art Historical Context
**A Going! A Going!!!** is a vibrant hand-colored etching from June 10, 1809, created by British satirical masters Richard Newton, Rowlandson, and publisher Thomas Tegg. Measuring 10 11/16 × 14 3/16 inches, this print belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Elisha Whittelsey Collection.son, renowned for his caricatures during the Regency era, collaborated here with the prodigiously talented young Newton—whose career was tragically cut short—and Tegg, a key figure in disseminating affordable satirical art to the public. The title mimics an auctioneer's frantic chant, skewering the world of...