Kitchin Stuff
November 1, 1810
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 13/16 in. (32.1 × 22.4 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
59.533.1367
Tags
Art Historical Context
Created in November 1810, "Kitchin Stuff" is a hand-colored etching that captures the lively spirit of early 19th-century British caricature. Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson and published by Thomas Tegg, the print uses bold outlines and delicate watercolor washes to depict a bustling domestic scene filled with servants, sleeping figures, playful cats and dogs, and the trappings of everyday life. The medium of hand-colored etching allowed such images to reach a wide audience affordably, blending fine-art technique with popular humor. Rowlandson, a leading figure in Georgian satirical printmaki...