Originals–A Hint to the Bon Ton

Image not available — this artwork is under copyright

View on museum website →

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Dimensions

Image: 8 11/16 × 12 13/16 in. (22.1 × 32.5 cm) Sheet: 9 1/2 × 13 9/16 in. (24.2 × 34.4 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Jill Spalding, 2022

Accession Number

2022.309.37

Tags

SatireFashion

About the Artist

Charles Williams|S. W. Fores · 17971830

Charles Williams (1797–1830) was a British caricaturist and printmaker who worked in London during the final decades of the Georgian era, producing satirical prints for the thriving trade in political and social caricature that flourished in the city's print shops. He worked in the tradition established by such masters as James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson, whose biting visual commentary on polit...

    Send Feedback