Puss in Boots or General Junot Taken by Surprise
[April 12, 1811], reprint
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 11/16 × 9 5/8 in. (34.8 × 24.5 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
59.533.1408
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the witty world of early 19th-century British satire with *Puss in Boots or General Junot Taken by*, a hand-colored etching created by Thomas Rowlandson and by Thomas Tegg in 1811 (this is a later reprint). Measuring about 13¾ × 9⅝ inches, this print from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Elisha Whittelsey Collection captures Rowlandson's signature style: exaggerated figures, bawdy humor, and sharp social commentary rendered in intricate etching lines brought to life with vibrant hand-coloring. The title playfully nods to the fairy tale *Puss in Boots* while lampooning Jean-Andoche J...
About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg|Jean Andache Junot, duc d'Abrantes · 1756–1827
Thomas Rowlandson (1757–1827) was an English artist and caricaturist whose satirical watercolors and prints captured the social life of Georgian Britain with unparalleled wit and technical mastery. Alongside James Gillray, he is recognized as one of the greatest British graphic artists, and his distinctive flowing line and keen observations have made his work integral to understanding late 18th an...