Love in the Gutter
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 15 11/16 in. (32 × 39.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970
Accession Number
1970.541.48
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Art Historical Context
**Love in the Gutter (July 8, 1800) is a hand-colored etching by George Murgatroyd, etched by the renowned caricaturist Thomas Rowland, and published by Rudolphermann in London. Measuring 12⅝ × 15¹¹⁄₁₆ inches (32 × 39.8 cm), this print from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Drawings and Prints department captures the playful yet biting spirit of early 19th-century British satire. Rowlandson, a master of exaggerated caricature during the Georgian era, often collaborated with Woodward on humorous scenes critiquing social mores. Here, tags of *satire*, *women*, and *monkeys* suggest a witty comment...