The Tender Husband
July 28, 1786
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 5/16 × 10 5/16 in. (18.5 × 26.2 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
59.533.196
Tags
Art Historical Context
**The Tender Husband** is a lively etching created by the renowned British caricaturist Thomas Rowland in collaboration with Henry Bro, dated July 28, 1786. Measuring 7 5/16 × 10 5/16 inches, this print captures a humorous domestic scene featuring boys, men, women smoking, and dogs, evoking cheeky satire for which Rowlandson was celebrated. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department as part of The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, exemplifies the witty social commentary prevalent in Georgian-era Britain. Rowlandson, a master of exaggerated figures and absurd situati...
About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson|Henry Brookes · 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...