Ancient Military Dandies of 1450 – Modern Military Dandies of 1819
George Cruikshank|Thomas McLean
August 1, 1835
Medium
Etching, hand colored
Dimensions
sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 1/16 in. (25.7 x 35.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1970
Accession Number
1970.538.20
Tags
ArmorMenWomenSatire
About the Artist
George Cruikshank|Thomas McLean · 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 ...