Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions
January–February 1800
Medium
Etching, printed in brown ink, some hand-colored
Dimensions
10 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (26 x 21.6 cm)
Classification
Albums|Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.533.685-.715
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
George Murgatroyd Woodward|Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London · 1765–1809
**George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765–1809)**, often known as George “Moutard” or “Mustard” Woodward, was an English caricaturist and humor writer whose energetic, sometimes crude drawings captured the social follies of late Georgian Britain. Born at Stanton Hall in Stanton by Dale, Derbyshire, as the son of William Woodward, he grew up in the county before moving to London around 1791–92. Woodward ...