Melpomene in the Dumps, or Child's Play Defended by Theatrical Monarchs
Thomas Rowlandson|D. N. Shury|Rudolph Ackermann, London
December 14, 1804
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 9 1/2 in. (23.9 × 24.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.888-323
Tags
SatireMenWomen
About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson|D. N. Shury|Rudolph Ackermann, London · 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...