The Farm Yard
April 29, 1786
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
plate: 11 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (29.2 x 39 cm) sheet: 13 5/8 x 19 3/16 in. (34.6 x 48.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.888-225
Tags
Art Historical Context
### The Farm Yard Step into the lively chaos of *The Farm Yard*, a-colored etching created by Henrybury and published by S.W. Fores on April 29, 1786. This satirical print captures a bustling farm scene teeming with men, women ducks, and pigs, where human antics mirror animal behaviors in a humorous critique of rural life or social folly. Measuring about 11½ x 15⅜ inches on the plate its vibrant hand-applied colors bring the muddy yard to vivid life, making it a standout of 18th-century British caricature. Etchings like this were a cornerstone of Georgian-era print culture, allowing artists ...
About the Artist
Henry Kingsbury|S. W. Fores (British|British) · 1750 |1761 –1800 |1999
British, active ca. 1775–98|London