An Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
published June 17, 1815
Medium
Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 25.5 × 35.8 cm (10 1/16 × 14 1/8 in.); Plate: 26.2 × 36.5 cm (10 3/8 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 26.5 × 36.7 cm (10 7/16 × 14 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
90108
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 ...