Above is a small portion of the scene shown in the hand colored print below. A corkscrew is on the table.
The title is Snap Apple Night or All Hallow Eve. It was painted by Daniel Maclise and engraved by James Scott to his Excellency the Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 30" x 39".
Daniel Maclise was born in Cork, Ireland in 1806. He moved to London in 1827 to pursue painting. First he painted portraits and later was commissioned to paint large frescoes for the House of Lords. He illustrated several books. Maclise died in 1870.
Maclise painted Snap Apple Night in 1833.
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