A Paradice [sic] for Fools–A Nocturnal Trip–or–The Disciple of Johanna benighted–vided Scourge No. XXXVI, page 510

A Paradice [sic] for Fools–A Nocturnal Trip–or–The Disciple of Johanna benighted–vided Scourge No. XXXVI, page 510 by Charles Williams|M. [or W. N.] Jones

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Dimensions

sheet: 8 11/16 x 21 9/16 in. (22 x 54.8 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917

Accession Number

17.3.888-332

Tags

SatireMenWomenDonkeys

About the Artist

Charles Williams|M. [or W. N.] Jones · 17971830

Charles Williams (1797–1830) was a British caricaturist and printmaker who worked in London during the final decades of the Georgian era, producing satirical prints for the thriving trade in political and social caricature that flourished in the city's print shops. He worked in the tradition established by such masters as James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson, whose biting visual commentary on polit...

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