A Park Landscape
Medium
Etching, printed in brown ink; proof before addition of aquatint
Dimensions
Plate: 11 9/16 × 14 13/16 in. (29.3 × 37.7 cm) Sheet: 14 15/16 in. × 21 in. (38 × 53.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934
Accession Number
34.57.3
Art Historical Context
This collaborative print, *A Park Landscape*, brings together the talents of George Barret the elder, a noted landscape painter, and Thomas Rowlandson, celebrated for his fluid draftsmanship. Created between 1783 and 1789, the etching captures the serene expanse of an English park, rendered in warm brown ink that lends a soft, atmospheric quality to the scene. As a proof printed before the addition of aquatint, it reveals the delicate network of etched lines in their purest form, offering viewers a rare glimpse into the printmaking process of the late eighteenth century. The work reflects the...