Table of Contents: "The Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his friend Mr. Abraham Adams"
Medium
Letterpress
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 7 3/16 × 4 5/16 in. (18.2 × 11 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
59.533.561b
Art Historical Context
This 1792 letterpress print serves as the table of for Henry Fielding’s novel *The Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams*. Originally published in 1742, Fielding’s work stands as one of the earliest English novels, blending picaresque adventure with sharp social satire. It follows the virtuous footman Joseph Andrews and the eccentric Parson Adams as they navigate a world of hypocrisy and class pretension, establishing a model for comic fiction that influenced later writers. The sheet reflects the collaborative nature of late eighteenth-century book production. While F...
About the Artist
Henry Fielding|Thomas Rowlandson|James Sibbald (British|British) · 1707 |1757 –1754 |1827
British, 1707–1754|British, London 1757–1827 London