1808
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
The Corsican Spider in his Web is a 1808 ink by Thomas Rowlandson, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows a man sitting in a web, surrounded by threads. He's dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The man looks like a spider, which is where the title comes from. This artwork is interesting because it uses humor to make a point. The artist drew this to comment on someone or something, but we're not sure who. Look up the technique: etching to learn more about how it was made.
Thomas Rowlandson (; 13 July 1757 – 21 April 1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation.
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