Connoisseurs Looking at Paintings by George Morland, James Gillray, 1807
etching, h 405mm × w 315mm More details
This print mocks British art experts. The group looks mesmerized at a group of paintings by the artist George Morland. One picture of two chubby pigs manages to hold their attention. Although James Gillray’s caricature depicts Morland’s rustic style in a humorous way, it is the art connoisseurs, with their exaggerated features, that are the real subject of ridicule.
