Hilly landscape with rocks
1780–1827
Medium
Pen and ink, brush and wash
Dimensions
sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (14 x 21.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous gift, 1968
Accession Number
68.549.3
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Art Historical Context
Thomas Rowlandson's *Hilly Landscape with Rocks* (ca. 1780–1827) is a charming example of the artist's versatility beyond his renowned satirical caricatures. Created with pen and ink, brush, and wash on a modest 5½ × 8½-inch sheet, this drawing captures the rugged beauty of rolling hills and weathered stones. The intimate scale suggests it may have been a personal sketch from Rowlandson's sketchbook, reflecting the British artist's keen eye for the natural world during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Rowlandson, a master of the Georgian era's print culture, employed fluid pen lines to...
About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson · 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...