Title Page: Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions

A hand-colored etching of an oval cartouche framed by scrolls, with a grinning caricature face at the top and crossed pen and brush below. The lettering reads Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions, with a designer and etcher credit beneath. Pale yellow, blue and pink tints add a playful, theatrical air.

Look closer: A small inscription line along the bottom edge gives the publication date and publisher credit.

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson

Date

January 21, 1800

Medium

Etching, printed in brown ink, hand-colored

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2938 × 3695 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959