Watch Your Rear ! ! ! !
Medium
Lithograph; only state
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 5/16 x 9 7/8 in. (31.2 x 25.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1958
Accession Number
58.512.12
Tags
SwordsAngerMenCaricature
About the Artist
Eugène Delacroix|Charles Motte · 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...