A Brace of Full-grown Puppies: or My Dog and Me
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (9.8 × 15 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
59.533.1022(5)
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Art Historical Context
Thomas Rowlandson's *A Brace of Full-grown P: or My Dog and* (1807) is a delightful hand-colored etching that captures the artist's signature satirical wit. Created during the Regency era in Britain, when caricature prints were a booming popular medium, this small-scale work (just under 4 by 6 inches) was published by Longman, Hurst, Rees ande with John Britton. Rowland, a master of exaggerated humor, often lampooned social customs through lively, colorful scenes, blending etching techniques—where acid etches designs into a metal plate—with vibrant hand-applied watercolors for added charm and ...
About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson|Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme|John Britton · 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...