No. 1: She Will Be A Soldier
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 15 1/2 in. (33.6 × 39.4 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
59.533.517
Tags
Art Historical Context
Created in 1798 by the collaborative talents of publisher Rudolph Ackermann, etcher Heinrich Joseph Schütz and caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson *No. 1: She Will Be A Soldier* is a hand-colored etching that captures the lively spirit of late 18th-century British satire. Measuring 13¼ × 15½ inches, this print from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Elisha Whittelsey Collection exemplifies the era's booming market for affordable, witty imagery, often sold in Ackermann's famed Repository of Arts. The title hints at a humorous scene blending soldiers, children, men, women, and revelry around drinking—...