Wonders! Wonders!! Wonders!!!
[August 1, 1809], reprint
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 in. × 13 3/4 in. (25.4 × 34.9 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
59.533.1243
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the witty world of Regency-era satire with *Wonders! Wonders!!!!!*, a hand-colored etching created around August 1,1809, and later reprinted. This lively print is a collaboration between caricaturist George Murgyd Woodward, publisher Thomas Tegg, and masterful Thomas Rowlandson, renowned for his humorous depictions of British society. Measuring 10 by 13¾ inches, it exemplifies the popular genre of satirical prints that poked at human follies, sold affordably in London's bustling print shops. Hand-coloring, a key technique here, brought these etchings to vivid life, enhancing their a...