The Q.A. Loaded With The Spoils of India and Britain
Medium
Hand-colored etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 12 1/2 in. (23.5 × 31.8 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
59.533.256
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the witty world of 18th-century British satire with *The Q.A. Loaded The Spoils of India Britain*, a hand-colored etching and aquatint in 1788. Attributed to caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson alongside political figures William Pitt the Younger and Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow, this compact print (9¼ × 12½ inches) captures the era's sharp political commentary through exaggerated imagery of men and animals burdened by imperial excess. Produced during Pitt's tenure as Prime Minister amid debates over East India Company corruption and colonial wealth, the work skewers greed and explo...
About the Artist
William Pitt the Younger|Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow|Thomas Rowlandson (British|British|British|British) · 1804 |1759 |1795 |1757 –1816 |1806 |1849 |1827
London|British, 1759–1806|British, Costessey Park, near Norwich 1795–1849 Leyton, Essex|British, London 1757–1827 London