Rouler Moor, Cornwall
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Plate: 6 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (17.4 × 24.8 cm) Sheet: 7 3/8 × 10 3/16 in. (18.7 × 25.8 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
59.533.1644(18)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Thomas Rowlandson's *Rouler Moor, Cornwall*1822) captures the rugged beauty of Cornwall's wild moorlands in a delicate hand-colored etching, a that was immensely popular in early 19th-century Britain. Rowlandson, renowned for his witty satirical caricatures and lively watercolors, occasionally turned to topographical landscapes like this one, blending his keen observation of everyday scenes with the Romantic era's fascination for untamed nature. Printed from an etched copper plate and meticulously colored by hand, the work exemplifies the era's printmaking techniques, which allowed affordable ...
About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson · 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...