John Jehu, L'Inghilterra
March 6, 1772
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 5 5/8 in. (22.3 × 14.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Jill Spalding, 2022
Accession Number
2022.309.38
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the witty world of 18th-century British satire with *John Jehu, L'Inghilterra*, a hand-colored etching created by artist Henry William Bunbury and published by James Bretherton on March 6, 1772. Measuring a compact 8 3/4 × 5 5/8 inches, this print captures the playful caricature style Bunbury was renowned for, poking fun at English manners or national character—hinted by the title's mix of "John Jehu" (evoking a quintessential Englishman) and "L'Inghilterra" (Italian for "England"). Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it exemplifies the era's bo...