Dan-l. Lambert the Wonderful Great Pumpkin of Little Brittain [sic]
May 4, 1806
![Dan-l. Lambert the Wonderful Great Pumpkin of Little Brittain [sic] by Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.artheonmuseum.org%2Fmet%2Fdp%2Fthumb%2Fdan-l-lambert-the-wonderful-great-pumpkin-of-392721.webp&w=3840&q=75)
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 11/16 × 12 13/16 in. (22.1 × 32.6 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
59.533.951
Tags
Art Historical Context
This hand-colored etching, created by the celebrated caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and published by Rudolph Ackermann in London on May 4, 1806, offers a lively glimpse into early nineteenth-century British popular culture. The work depicts Daniel Lambert, an Englishman renowned for his extraordinary size,ically titled “the Wonderful Great Pumpkin of Little Brittain.” Rowlandson’s characteristic wit transforms Lambert into a larger-than-life figure, using exaggerated proportions to capture the public fascination with human curiosities of the Georgian era. As a hand-colored etching, the print ...
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...