A R-Y-L Visit to a Foreign Capital
George Cruikshank
published September 15, 1817
Medium
Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 26.5 × 39.3 cm (10 7/16 × 15 1/2 in.); Sheet cut to platemark: 27.2 × 40 cm (10 3/4 × 15 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
89940
About the Artist
George Cruikshank · 1792–1878
George Cruikshank (1792–1878) was born in London on 27 September 1792, the son of Scottish caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank and Mary MacNaughton. His older brother, Isaac Robert Cruikshank, was also a caricaturist and illustrator, while his sister Eliza worked as a designer. From a young age, Cruikshank assisted his father in the studio, contributing titles, backgrounds, and lettering to cartoons by ...