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
Rights
Public Domain
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