The Welsh Sailor's Mistake, or Tars in Conversation
June 30, 1808
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 15 1/2 in. (25.5 × 39.4 cm) Plate: 9 9/16 × 13 11/16 in. (24.3 × 34.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970
Accession Number
1970.541.8
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Art Historical Context
Step into the lively world of early 19th-century British satire with *The Welsh Sailor's Mistake, or Tars in Conversation*, a hand-colored etching created by George Murgatroyd Woodward and Thomas Rowlandson 1808. Rowlandson, a master caricaturist renowned for his humorous and often bawdy depictions of everyday life, frequently collaborated with Woodward on prints that poked fun at social follies. This piece, produced during the Napoleonic Wars when British sailors—or "tars"—were national heroes, captures a boisterous tavern scene through exaggerated figures and witty details. The hand-colorin...