Patience in a Punt
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Plate: 4 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (12 × 16.5 cm) Sheet: 6 7/16 × 8 1/16 in. (16.4 × 20.5 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
59.533.875
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Patience in a Punt," created around 1803 by Henry William Bunbury with etching by Thomas Rowlandson, the whimsical spirit of British satire through a hand-colored etching. Bunbury, an amateur caricaturist and aristocrat, designed lively scenes of everyday folly, while Rowlandson, a leading figure in Regency-era caricature, brought them to life with his masterful etching technique. This small print (plate 4¾ × 6½ in.) was hand-colored post-printing, a popular method that added vibrant hues and made affordable satirical art accessible to a wide audience, from drawing rooms to taverns. The titl...