An Evening Party
February 3, 1826
Medium
Hand-colored etching and engraving
Dimensions
Image: 8 1/8 x 12 in. (20.6 x 30.5 cm) Plate: 8 1/4 x 12 5/16 in. (21 x 31.2 cm) Sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. (25.1 x 34.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Harry G. Friedman Bequest, 1967
Accession Number
67.539.58
Tags
About the Artist
George Cruikshank|H.T.D.B.|George Humphrey · 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 ...