Shaving a Forestaller
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 11 1/4 × 9 1/16 in. (28.6 × 23 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
59.533.741
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Shaving a Forestall," a hand-colored etching from August15, 1800, captures the sharp wit of British satirical art during the Regency era. Created artist George Murgatroyd Woodward, with contributions from caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and publisher Rudolph Ackermann of London, this print exemplifies the vibrant world of early 19th-century humor. Measuring about 11¼ × 9 inches, it was produced as part of Ackermann's famed Repository of Arts, which popularized affordable, colorful prints for a wide audience. The title refers to a "forestaller"—a market manipulator who bought up goods to infla...