Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions
Medium
Book with twenty hand-colored etchings and four aquatints in gray and black on cream wove paper, laid down on album sheets with gilt borders
Dimensions
36 × 30 × 3 cm (14 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 1 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
37003
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...