A View near Richmond
Medium
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Plate: 7 3/8 × 9 3/8 in. (18.8 × 23.8 cm) Sheet: 7 13/16 in. × 10 in. (19.8 × 25.4 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
59.533.1644(3)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the serene landscape of *A View near Richmond*1822), a hand-colored etching and aquat by the collaborative talents of Thomas Rowlandson and Joseph Constantine Stadler. Rowlandson, renowned for his caricatures and satirical scenes of British society, here turns his eye to the picturesque banks of the River Thames near Richmond, a favored spot for leisurely outings in early 19th-century England The print captures horses grazing or pulling boats, rowers gliding on the water, and lush riverine scenery, evoking the era's Romantic appreciation for nature's beauty amid everyday rural life. ...