Woodpecker (William B. Gihon), from The Comic Natural History of the Human Race
Medium
Color lithograph with watercolor and gum
Dimensions
sheet: 11 3/16 x 7 3/16 in. (28.4 x 18.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1964
Accession Number
64.629.47(14)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the whimsical world of 19th American satire with *Woodpecker (William. Gihon)*, a vibrant color lithograph with watercolor and gum from 1851. Created by Robinson, Henry Louis Stephens, and Rosenthal as part of *The Comic Natural History of the Human Race this print belongs to a humorous series that playfully anthropomorphizes notable figures, reimagining them as birds and beasts. Measuring just 11 3/16 x 7 3/16 inches, it's a gem in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Drawings and Prints collection, gifted by Lincoln Kirstein in 1964. At its heart, the artwork skewers William B. Gihon—li...
About the Artist
Samuel Robinson|Henry Louis Stephens|Rosenthal (American|American|American) · 1800 |1824 |1840 –1900 |1882 |1900
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1824–1882 Bayonne, New Jersey|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania