The Drawing Lesson
Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Medium
Charcoal over chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 7 3/8 x 7 15/16 in. (18.7 x 20.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous gift, 1968
Accession Number
68.549.4
Tags
DrawingMenWomen
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...