The Consultation or Last Hope
published May 12, 1808
Medium
Hand-colored etching on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 23.5 × 34 cm (9 5/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Plate: 25.5 × 35.5 cm (10 1/16 × 14 in.); Sheet: 28 × 38.5 cm (11 1/16 × 15 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
90069
About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson · 1756–1827
Thomas Rowlandson (1757–1827) was an English artist and caricaturist whose satirical watercolors and prints captured the social life of Georgian Britain with unparalleled wit and technical mastery. Alongside James Gillray, he is recognized as one of the greatest British graphic artists, and his distinctive flowing line and keen observations have made his work integral to understanding late 18th an...