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Snap Apple Night – All Hallow Eve

After an engraving by James Scott British
After a painting by Daniel Maclise Irish
Publisher Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives American
1853
Not on view
A Halloween party shows villagers in an interior playing traditional games. By a hearth at left, a man tries to catch an apple attached to a suspended wooden cross while, at right, boys duck for apples in a barrel. The image is based on a painting of 1833 by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise which had been engraved by James Scott and published in London in 1845 (see 49.40.212). Maclise based the composition on a scene he witnessed in Blarney, pointing to the Irish origin of some Halloween traditions.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Snap Apple Night – All Hallow Eve
  • Artist: After an engraving by James Scott (British, London 1809–1899)
  • Artist: After a painting by Daniel Maclise (Irish, Cork 1806–1870 London)
  • Publisher: Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
  • Date: 1853
  • Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
  • Dimensions: Image: 12 5/8 in. × 17 in. (32.1 × 43.2 cm)
    Image with text: 13 5/8 in. × 17 in. (34.6 × 43.2 cm)
    Sheet: 17 in. × 21 1/16 in. (43.2 × 53.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
  • Object Number: 63.550.303
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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