The Arrival in Paris, from "Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, Shortly Before the Revolution"
Medium
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 5/8 in. × 9 in. (14.3 × 22.9 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
59.533.1643(7)
Tags
About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London|J. Diggens|William Combe · 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...