T. Rowlandson. The Caricaturist
Medium
Facsimile of an etching
Dimensions
Image: 5 11/16 × 4 7/16 in. (14.4 × 11.3 cm) Sheet: 14 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (36.8 × 24.4 cm)
Classification
Prints-Facsimiles
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.533.1827
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the witty world of Georgian satire with *T. Rowlandson. Caricaturist*, a charming portrait capturing the essence of Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827), one of Britain's most celebrated caricaturists. Created by an anonymous British artist in the late 19th century and reproduced as a facsimile etching around 1900, intimate image (5 11/16 × 4 7/16 in.) depicts Rowlandson in his element, pencil in hand, embodying the sharp-eyed humorist who skewered the excesses of Regency society through thousands of prints and illustrations. Rowlandson's work, often infused with bawdy energy and social co...