A Dancing Bear
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Plate: 7 × 9 13/16 in. (17.8 × 25 cm) Sheet: 9 15/16 × 11 15/16 in. (25.2 × 30.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962
Accession Number
62.635.514
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Rudolph Ackermann, London|Henry William Bunbury|Thomas Rowlandson · 1794–1832
**Rudolph Ackermann (1764–1834)** was a pivotal Anglo-German publisher, printseller, and entrepreneur whose London-based business shaped Regency-era visual culture through innovative printmaking and illustrated publications. Born in Stollberg, Saxony, he trained as a saddler and coach-builder before moving to London around 1787. He initially worked in carriage design and related trades, later esta...