The Siege of Namur by Captain Shandy and Corporal Trim (Tristram Shandy)
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 11/16 × 8 1/8 in. (14.5 × 20.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.533.1748
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the quirky world of Laurence Sterne'sThe Life and Opinions ofistram Shandy,* (1759–1767) with this delightful hand-colored etching, *The Siege of Namur by Captain Shandy and Corporal (Tristram Shandy, created around 1803. by Rudolph Ackermann in London and by caricaturists Thomas Rowlandson Henry William Bunbury, captures a pivotal, humorous anecdote from the novel. In Sterne's digressive masterpiece, Corporal Trim recounts the 1695 Siege of Namur—a real battle from the Nine Years' War—to his master, Captain Shandy, using a stick and glove to dramatize the action in a comically vivid...
About the Artist
Laurence Sterne|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson|Henry William Bunbury (British|British, born Ireland) · 1697 |1713 –1764 |1768
British, London 1697–1764 London|British (born Ireland), 1713–1768