Antiquarians à la Greque
July 14, 1805
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Plate: 16 1/8 × 11 5/16 in. (41 × 28.7 cm) Sheet: 16 1/16 x 11 1/4 in. (40.8 x 28.5 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
59.533.940
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Antiquarians à la Gre** Thomas Rowlandson, 1805, published by Rudolph Ackermann, London Step into the witty world of Regency-era satire with *Antiquarians à laque*, a hand-colored etching created by master caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and published by Rudolph Ackermann on July14, 1805. This lively print, measuring 16⅛ × 11½ inches, belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Elisha Whittelsey Collection. Rowlandson, renowned for his humorous depictions of British society, teams up here with Ackermann, Repository of Arts popularized vibrant, colored prints that brought caricatures to l...
About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London · 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...