The Microcosm of London, Vol. II
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Illustrations: etching and aquatint, hand colored
Dimensions
Book: 13 13/16 x 11 1/2 in. (35.1 x 29.2 cm) Image: 7 7/8 × 10 3/4 in. (20 × 27.3 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession Number
21.36.164(2)
About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London|William Henry Pyne|William Combe|George IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland|Edward Francis Burney|Thomas Williamson|Thomas Tomkins|Robert Ashby|Thomas Bensley|Joseph Constantine Stadler|Harrison and Rutter|John Bluck|Auguste Charles Pugin · 1756–1827
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...