The Sad Discovery of the Graceless Apprentice
Thomas Rowlandson|John Raphael Smith
November 30, 1785
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 5/16 × 11 7/8 in. (21.1 × 30.2 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
59.533.2045
Tags
SatireBedroomsMenWomenBeds
About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson|John Raphael Smith · 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...