Soldiers Attacking
Medium
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 11/16 × 13 1/4 in. (27.2 × 33.6 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
59.533.524
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Soldiers Attacking** (April 1, 1798) is a dynamic etching and aquatint Heinrich Joseph Schütz, contributions from the celebrated British caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson published by Rudolph Ackermann in London. Measuring 10 11/16 × 13 1/4 inches, this print captures a dramatic scene of soldiers launching an assault, featuring boats navigating toward imposing castles amid a group of men in action.oused in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department as part of The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, it exemplifies the vibrant printmaking of the late 18th century. Created during t...
About the Artist
Heinrich Joseph Schütz|Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London (British|German|British) · 1757 |1800 |1764 –1827 |1825 |1834
British, London 1757–1827 London|German, Frankfurt 1760–1822 Frankfurt|British, active 1794–1829