The Rochester Address or The Corporation Going To Eat Roast Pork and Oysters with the R-G-T.
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 9/16 × 28 3/16 in. (21.8 × 71.6 cm) Plate: 7 13/16 × 27 1/16 in. (19.8 × 68.8 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
59.533.303
Tags
Art Historical Context
This hand-colored etching, created on April 4, 1789, captures a lively satirical procession titled *The Rochester Address or The Corporation Going To Eat Roast Pork and Oysters with the R-G-T*. Attributed to both Thomas Rowlandson, the celebrated British caricaturist, and George IV (then Prince of Wales), the print uses sharp visual wit to lampoon a political gathering. The elongated format emphasizes a parade of men, highlighting the humorous absurdity of civic leaders marching toward a lavish meal with the future king. In the late 1780s, Britain was gripped by the Regency crisis following G...
About the Artist
George IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland|Thomas Rowlandson (British|British) · 1762 |1757 –1830 |1827
British, London 1762–1830 Windsor|British, London 1757–1827 London