Hot Goose, Cabbage & Cucumbers
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 7 13/16 in. (25.6 × 19.8 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
59.533.1020
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Hot Goose, Cabbage &umbers" is a lively hand-colored etching from 3, created by the celebrated British caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson collaboration with publisher John Fair. Measuring just over 10 by 7 inches, this print exemplifies the vibrant satirical art of the Regency era, when affordable colored etchings brought humor and social commentary into middle-class homes. Rowlandson, a master of exaggerated figures and witty scenes, often captured everyday life with a mischievous eye, blending sharp etching lines with vivid hand-applied watercolors for a playful, jewel-like effect. The artwork...
About the Artist
John Fairburn|Thomas Rowlandson (British|British) · 1789 |1757 –1840 |1827
British, active 1789–1840|British, London 1757–1827 London