A Friendly Visit
Medium
Hand-colored etching and stipple
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/8 in. × 13 in. (23.2 × 33 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
59.533.2067
Tags
Art Historical Context
**A Friendly Visit** is a vibrant hand-colored etching and stipple print created by British caricaturist Thomas Rowland, published by Thomas T on April 16, 1814. Measuring 9⅛ × 13 inches, this satirical work from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Prints collection captures the height of anti-Napoleonic fervor in Britain. Rowlandson, a master of exaggerated caricature in the Georgian era, employs etching for sharp lines and stipple for shading, with vivid hand-coloring adding a theatrical punch—techniques that made such affordable prints hugely popular for disseminating political commentary. Date...