Bashful Lovers
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 7 7/8 in. (27 × 20 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
59.533.555
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Bashful Lovers**, a delightful etching from March 15, 1798, brings together the talents of British artists Henry Wigstead, Murgatroyd Woodward and Thomas Rowlandson. 10 5/8 × 7 7/8 inches, this intimate print captures a moment of shy romance men and women, evoking the playful courtship rituals of late Georgian England. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it exemplifies the collaborative spirit of the era's printmakers, who often teamed up to produce witty social commentary. Etching, the chosen medium, was ideal for such works, allowing fine lines and t...
About the Artist
Henry Wigstead|George Murgatroyd Woodward|Thomas Rowlandson (British|British) · 1740 |1757 –1800 |1827
British, 1745?–1800 Margate|British, London 1757–1827 London