Terrour or Fright
Medium
Hand-colored etching, printed in brown ink
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 11 5/16 × 8 11/16 in. (28.7 × 22 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
59.533.711
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Terrour or Fright**, a hand-colored etching from January21, 1800, captures the sharp wit of British satire at the turn of the century. Created by renowned caricaturist Thomas Rowland, with contributions from artist George Murgatroyd and published by Rudolph Ackermann in London, this print exemplifies vibrant world of Regency-era humor. Printed in ink and meticulously hand-colored—a technique that brought lively personality to affordable mass-produced images—the work measures about 11 by 8 inches, making it ideal for display in homes or taverns. Rowlandson, a master of exaggerated figures an...
About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London|George Murgatroyd Woodward · 1756–1827
Thomas Rowlandson (1757–1827) was an English artist and caricaturist whose satirical watercolors and prints captured the social life of Georgian Britain with unparalleled wit and technical mastery. Alongside James Gillray, he is recognized as one of the greatest British graphic artists, and his distinctive flowing line and keen observations have made his work integral to understanding late 18th an...