Quae Genus Engaged with Jovial Friends; Or–Who Sings Best?
Medium
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 11/16 in. (13.9 × 22.1 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
59.533.1642(21)
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Art Historical Context
"Quae Genus Engaged with Jovial Friends; Or–Who Sings Best?" is a lively hand-colored etching and aquatint from January 1, 1822, created by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson with text by William Combe, published by Rudolph Ackermann in London, and engraved by J. Diggens. Measuring just 5½ × 8⅝ inches, this intimate print captures the boisterous spirit of Regency-era social gatherings, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department as part of The Elisha Whittelsey Collection. The scene humorously portrays a group of men immersed in drink and merriment, likely locked...
About the Artist
J. Diggens|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson|William Combe (British|British|British|British) · 1800 |1757 |1764 |1742 –1900 |1827 |1834 |1823
London|British, London 1757–1827 London|British, active 1794–1829|British, London 1742–1823 London