The Triumverate of Gloucester Place, or The Clarke, The Soldier, and The Taylor
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 14 3/8 in. (24.8 × 36.5 cm) Plate: 8 5/16 × 13 11/16 in. (21.1 × 34.8 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
59.533.1311
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the witty world of Georgian satire with *The Triumverate of Gloucester Place, or The Clarke, The Soldier, and The Taylor (1809), a hand-colored etching by master caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson, by Thomas Tegg. about 9¾ × 14⅜ inches, this print from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Drawings and Prints collection captures the exaggerated flair typical of Rowlandson's style—bulbous figures, sly expressions, and dynamic compositions that poke fun at society's elite. Created amid the explosive 1809 scandal involving courtesan Mary Anne Clarke, who lived at Gloucester Place and was linked t...
About the Artist
Mary Anne Clarke|Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson (British|British|British) · 1776 |1757 |1776 –1852 |1827 |1846
British, London 1776?–1852 Boulogne|British, London 1757–1827 London|British, London 1776–1846 London