Traffic
Medium
Hand-colored etching with aquatint
Dimensions
Plate: 11 5/8 × 14 5/16 in. (29.6 × 36.3 cm) Sheet: 13 3/8 × 16 11/16 in. (34 × 42.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.533.484
Tags
About this artwork
This Traffic by Henry Wigstead|S. W. Fores|Thomas Rowlandson dating to 1791 exemplifies the period. Created in hand-colored etching with aquatint, the work demonstrates technical mastery of materials and processes characteristic of the era. As part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints, this piece contributes to our understanding of historical artistic production. Prints from this period served diverse functions—artistic expression, documentation, commercial distribution, and c...
About the Artist
Henry Wigstead|S. W. Fores|Thomas Rowlandson (British|British) · 1740 |1757 –1800 |1827
British, 1745?–1800 Margate|British, London 1757–1827 London