The French Admiral on Board the Eryalus
December 11, 1805
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 14 13/16 in. (28.5 × 37.7 cm) Plate: 10 7/8 × 14 13/16 in. (27.6 × 37.7 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
59.533.980
Tags
Art Historical Context
**The French Admiral on Board the Ealus** is a lively hand-colored etching created by George Murgatroyd Woodwarddesigner) and Thomas Rowlandsonengraver), published just weeks after the Battle of Trafalgar on December 11, 1805. Measuring about 11 by 15 inches, this print from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Elisha Whittelsey Collection captures a of British triumph during the Napoleonic Wars. Rowlandson, a master of caricature in the late Georgian era, teams up with Woodward to deliver sharp satire through exaggerated figures and vibrant hand-coloring, a technique that added whimsy and immedia...