The Contest at Auckinleck (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second)

The Contest at Auckinleck (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second) by Thomas Rowlandson|Elizabeth Jackson|Samuel Collings|Samuel Johnson|James Boswell

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 10 1/2 × 11 5/16 in. (26.7 × 28.8 cm) Plate: 10 1/16 × 10 5/8 in. (25.5 × 27 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917

Accession Number

17.3.888-346

Tags

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About the Artist

Thomas Rowlandson|Elizabeth Jackson|Samuel Collings|Samuel Johnson|James Boswell · 17561827

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...

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