Tom Jones Rescues Mrs Waters from the Violence of Northerton, from "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling"
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 5/8 in. (11.8 × 16.8 cm) Plate: 4 1/2 × 6 3/8 in. (11.5 × 16.2 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
59.533.560(6)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This etching by Thomas Rowlandson captures a dramatic from Henry Fielding’s celebrated 1749 novel * History of Tom Jones, Foundling*. The shows the good-hearted hero Tom Jones to protect Mrs. Waters from the assault of theish soldier Northerton, highlighting themes of chivalry, mistaken identity, and social satire that made Fielding’s picaresque tale a landmark of English literature. Created in 1792, more than four decades after the novel’s publication, Rowlandson’s print reflects the continued popularity of *Tom Jones* and the growing 18th-century market for illustrated editions. As an etchi...
About the Artist
Henry Fielding|Thomas Rowlandson (British|British) · 1707 |1757 –1754 |1827
British, 1707–1754|British, London 1757–1827 London