Sunday Evening
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed within plate): 4 15/16 × 6 5/16 in. (12.5 × 16 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
59.533.1735
Tags
Art Historical Context
### Sunday Evening Step into the whimsical world of *Sunday Evening*, a hand-colored etching created around 1770–1780 by Henry William Bunbury a celebrated amateur caricaturist, Thomas Rowlandson, the master engraver known for his lively satirical prints. This intimate work, measuring just 4 15/16 × 6 5/16 inches, exemplifies the Georgian era's booming market for affordable, colorful caricatures that poked fun at everyday life. The scene humorously captures men, women, reading, and playful dogs in a domestic setting, likely satirizing leisurely Sunday pastimes or social pretensions of the Br...