The Conclusion of the first Volume of the Caricature Magazine
September 1, 1807
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Plate: 9 5/8 × 13 11/16 in. (24.5 × 34.8 cm) Sheet: 9 15/16 × 15 9/16 in. (25.3 × 39.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970
Accession Number
1970.541.115
Tags
About the Artist
Charles Williams|Thomas Tegg|George Murgatroyd Woodward · 1797–1830
Charles Williams (1797–1830) was a British caricaturist and printmaker who worked in London during the final decades of the Georgian era, producing satirical prints for the thriving trade in political and social caricature that flourished in the city's print shops. He worked in the tradition established by such masters as James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson, whose biting visual commentary on polit...