Medium
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 3/16 in. (14 × 20.8 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
59.533.1620(12)
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Art Historical Context
"Sea Bathing," a vibrant hand-colored etching and aquint from 1813, captures a lively beach scene by a collaborative team of British printmakers: James Green, Thomas Rowlandson Rudolph Ackermann of London, and Joseph Constantineler. Rowlandson, renowned for his caricatures, likely contributed the humorous figures, while Stadler's aquatint technique added rich tonal depths mimicking watercolor washes. Published by Ackermann, a leading innovator in color printing, this compact print (5½ × 8¼ inches) offers a window into Regency-era leisure. The artwork depicts men and women enjoying sea bathing...
About the Artist
James Green|Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Joseph Constantine Stadler (British|American) · 1771 |1738 –1834 |1820
British, Leytonstone 1771–1834 Bath|American, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1738–1820 London