Thomas Landseerイングランド, 1795–1880Monkeys Boxing, from Monkey-ana
作品について
This pugilistic print comes from Monkeyana, the satirical masterpiece by Thomas Landseer, the printmaker brother of the famed animal portraitist Edwin Landseer. Each of the 25 etchings in the series features misbehaving monkeys dressed in human clothes—whether impersonating Cupid or stomping on a copy of Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man. These prize fighters have drawn a raucous crowd, and the incongruous theatricality of the print is only increased by the inclusion of a line from Macbeth, William Shakespeare’s play about a power-crazed Scottish king.
シカゴ美術館CC BY 4.0
作品データ
- 収蔵番号
- 1953.233
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出典
- シカゴ美術館
- 画像： シカゴ美術館 — CC0
