Too Hot, from "Illustrated London News"
February 28, 1863
Medium
Color wood engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 21 5/8 × 14 15/16 in. (55 × 38 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Donato Esposito, 2019
Accession Number
2019.279.23
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Too Hot," a vibrant color wood engraving from the February 28, 3, issue of the *Illustrated London News*, captures a lively Victorian domestic scene credited to Leighton Brothers engravers after James Collinson. Published by the pioneering illustrated weekly—launched in 1842 the world's first newspaper with pictures—this print exemplifies mid-19th-century journalism's blend of news and entertainment. Measuring 21⅝ × 14¾ inches, it entered the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection in 2019 as a gift from Donato Esposito. The medium of color wood engraving, or chromoxylography, marked a techn...
About the Artist
Leighton Brothers|James Collinson (British|British) · 1849 |1825 –1885 |1881
British, active 1849–85|British, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire 1825–1881 Camberwell