The Privy Council of a King
March 28, 1815
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Plate: 9 7/8 × 13 13/16 in. (25.1 × 35.1 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 1/4 in. (27.3 × 38.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970
Accession Number
1970.541.103
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About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson|Ferdinand VII, King of Spain · 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...