Monsieur in England
Medium
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 15/16 × 9 13/16 in. (17.7 × 25 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
59.533.281
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Monsieur in England**, a hand-colored etching and aquatint from 1788 by Henry Wigstead and Thomas Rowlandson captures the playful spirit of Georgian-era satire. Rowlandson, a leading caricaturist of his time, often collaborated with Wigstead to lampoon social customs and national stereotypes. Created amid growing Anglo-French tensions before the French Revolution, print likely mocks a French visitor navigating British life, surrounded by horses, dogs, carriages, and bemused men—hallmarks of Rowlandson's witty observations on class and culture. The medium shines here: etching provides crisp ...
About the Artist
Henry Wigstead|Thomas Rowlandson (British|British) · 1740 |1757 –1800 |1827
British, 1745?–1800 Margate|British, London 1757–1827 London