Rural Sports: Balloon Hunting
Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg
October 25, 1811
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 13 15/16 in. (24.1 × 35.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Paul Bird Jr., 1962
Accession Number
62.696.20
Tags
SatireMenWomenHorsesCarriagesHot Air Balloons
About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg · 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...