Studies of Four Englishmen, after James Gillray
Medium
Brush and brown ink on tracing paper, laid down
Dimensions
sheet: 10 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (26.7 x 17.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Eric G. Carlson, in honor of Karen B. Cohen, 2000
Accession Number
2000.218
Tags
About the Artist
Eugène Delacroix|Charles James Fox|The Right Honorable Edmund Burke|Francis Rawdon Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings and 2nd Earl of Moira|James Gillray · 1798–1863
Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) stands as the defining figure of French Romanticism and a pivotal bridge to modernism. Born in Charenton-Saint-Maurice near Paris, he came from distinguished lineage—his mother descended from the prestigious Oeben-Riesener furniture dynasty, while persistent speculation suggested the statesman Talleyrand may have been his biological father, a theory supported by physic...