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Fishermen by the Shore – Coastal Scene with a Man Sitting on the Ground Resting an Elbow on a Fishing Basket, Another Man Opposite Mending a Sail, and a Woman Standing Between Them Carrying a Basket on Her Back
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Fishermen by the Shore – Coastal Scene with a Man Sitting on the Ground Resting an Elbow on a Fishing Basket, Another Man Opposite Mending a Sail, and a Woman Standing Between Them Carrying a Basket on Her Back

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Plate: 12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (32.7 x 25.1 cm) Sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. (47 x 31.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Thomas Rowlandson

1756–1827United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandKingdom of Great Britain

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 and early 19th-century British society.