Quaker in Love
1815 (?)
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 15/16 in. (24.5 × 20.2 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
59.533.2110
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Quaker in Love" is delightful hand-colored etching from around 1815, attributed to Charles Dibdin and the renowned British caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson. just 9⅝ × 7⅞ inches, this intimate print captures a whimsical moment of romance through Rowlandson's signature satirical lens. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it exemplifies the lively world of Regency-era graphic satire, where hand-coloring added vivid personality to etched lines, making these affordable prints popular among the middle class. Rowlandson, a master of exaggerated humor, often depic...
About the Artist
Charles Dibdin|Thomas Rowlandson (British|British) · 1745 |1757 –1814 |1827
British, 1745–1814|British, London 1757–1827 London