Hocus Pocus–or Conjurors Raising the Wind
Charles Williams|M. [or W. N.] Jones
October 1, 1814
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Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
sheet: 8 15/16 x 21 5/8 in. (22.7 x 55 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.888-335
Tags
CrocodilesSatireMenWomen
About the Artist
Charles Williams|M. [or W. N.] Jones · 1797–1830
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...