Who created "The Opera Boxes During the Time of the Great Exhibition?"?

The Opera Boxes During the Time of the Great Exhibition? was created by David Bogue|George Cruikshank in 1851.

What medium is "The Opera Boxes During the Time of the Great Exhibition?"?

The Opera Boxes During the Time of the Great Exhibition? is Etching.

Is "The Opera Boxes During the Time of the Great Exhibition?" in the public domain?

Yes, The Opera Boxes During the Time of the Great Exhibition? is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

The Opera Boxes During the Time of the Great Exhibition?

David Bogue|George Cruikshank

1851

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Plate: 8 1/2 × 11 3/8 in. (21.6 × 28.9 cm) Sheet: 12 1/2 × 19 11/16 in. (31.8 × 50 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966

Accession Number

66.541.55(6)

Tags

TheatreMenWomen

Art Historical Context

Step into the glittering world of Victorian London with *The Opera Boxes During the Time of Great Exhibition?*, a witty 1851 etching by caricaturist George Cruikshank, published David Bogue. This captures the opulent private boxes of a theater—likely Covent Garden or Her Majesty's Opera House—filled with elegantly dressed men and women engrossed in reading, sipping from teapots, and in leisurely chatter. The question mark in the title hints at Cruikshank's signature satirical edge, poking fun at high society's distractions amid grand events. Created during the height of the Great Exhibition o...

About the Artist

David Bogue|George Cruikshank (British|British) · 1807 |1792 –1856 |1878

British, active London, 1807/8–56|British, London 1792–1878 London

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