Grotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls
[October 20, 1800], reprint
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 13 1/4 × 18 9/16 in. (33.6 × 47.2 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
59.533.1273
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the whimsical world of early 19th-century British satire with *Grotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls*, a hand-colored created by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson, designer George Murgatroyd, and publisher Rudolph Ack in London on October , 1800 (this is a later reprint). Measuring 13¼ × 18⅝ inches, this print from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Elisha Whittelsey Collection captures the exuberant spirit of Regency-era decorative arts, where borders—repeating friezes for walls or furniture—served as playful backdrops for interiors. Rowlandson, renowned for his lively caricatures poking ...
About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson|George Murgatroyd Woodward|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...