Surrey Institution
Medium
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 11/16 × 12 13/16 in. (27.2 × 32.6 cm) Plate: 9 1/8 × 10 13/16 in. (23.2 × 27.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.589.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling heart of early 19th-century London with *Surrey Institution*, a vibrant hand-colored etching and aquatint from September 1, 1809. Created by the collaborative talents of architects and illustrators Auguste Charles Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson, with printing by Joseph Constantine Stadler and publishing by Rudolph Ackermann, this print captures a lively crowd gathered within one of the city's newest cultural hubs. Measuring about 10 by 13 inches on its sheet, it exemplifies the exquisite detail of Regency-era printmaking, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawi...