The Castle
Medium
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 3/8 × 8 1/8 in. (13.7 × 20.7 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
59.533.1620(9)
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Art Historical Context
Created in 1813, "The Castle" is a hand-colored etching and aquat that captures the romantic allure of medieval architecture through collaborative efforts of artist James Green, caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson, and publisher Rudolph Ackermann in London. Rowlandson, renowned for his and often humorous scenes, brought a distinctive to topographical and architectural during the Regency era. The medium itself was highly popular at the time, allowing for detailed line work via etching combined with the tonal richness of aquatint, all enhanced by delicate hand-coloring that made each impression uniqu...
About the Artist
James Green|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson (British|American) · 1771 |1738 –1834 |1820
British, Leytonstone 1771–1834 Bath|American, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1738–1820 London