Known Characters in a Chop House
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed within plate): 8 13/16 × 11 5/16 in. (22.4 × 28.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Adele S. Gollin, 1976
Accession Number
1976.602.16
Tags
Art Historical Context
This hand-colored lithograph titled *Known Characters in Chop House*, captures lively satirical scene of men dining alongside dogs in an informal British eatery. Created between 1800 and 1820, the print likely references well-known literary figures such as Samuel Johnson and his biographer James Boswell, blending recognizable personalities with everyday social humor. The compact sheet, measuring just over 8 by 11 inches, was designed for wide circulation, reflecting the growing popularity of affordable prints in early nineteenth-century BritainThe medium of lithography, still relatively new at...
About the Artist
James Boswell|Anonymous, British, 19th century|Samuel Johnson|Henry William Bunbury (British, Scottish|British|British|British) · 1740 |1785 |1784 |1757 –1795 |1787 |1795 |1827
British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1740–1795 London|British, active 1785–87|British, active 1784–95|British, London 1757–1827 London