Two Nymphs Bathing, One Washing the Other's Foot
May 20, 1799
Medium
Etching and stipple
Dimensions
Plate: 11 × 8 3/4 in. (28 × 22.3 cm) Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 3/16 in. (35.8 × 25.8 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
59.533.659
Tags
About the Artist
Thomas Rowlandson|Giovanni Battista Cipriani · 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...