Originals–A Hint to the Bon Ton
January 4, 1804
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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
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About the Artist
Charles Williams|S. W. Fores · 1797–1830
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...