Distillers Looking into Their Own Business
October 10, 1811
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Plate: 9 3/4 × 13 11/16 in. (24.7 × 34.8 cm) Sheet: 10 13/16 × 14 3/16 in. (27.4 × 36 cm)
Classification
Portfolio Covers
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.533.1438
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Distillers Looking into Their Own Business** is a hand-colored etching created by renowned British caricaturist Thomasson and published by Thomas Tegg on October10, 1811. Measuring about 10 by 14 inches on its sheet, this lively print belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Elisha Whittelsey Collection. Rowlandson, a master of satirical humor during the Regency era, often depicted social vices and economic absurdities with exaggerated features and witty scenarios, making his works both entertaining and sharply observant. The title playfully suggests distillers peering into their own tra...