1822
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Les Ecrevisses à Longchamps is a 1822 ink by Eugène Delacroix, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a chaotic group of people in fancy clothes. A man in the center kneels oddly, holding a pole. Around him, others wear big hats and strange outfits—some look like they’re in costumes. One person holds a cat, another a cane, and a few seem to be pointing or talking. In the background, a crowd watches, and a boat floats on a river. The title hints this might be a joke about a fancy event gone wrong. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to make it feel lively and a little messy. Try looking up lithography to see how this print was made.
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix ( DEL-ə-krwah, -KRWAH; French: ; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist who was regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school.
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