Caricature of Self (recto); Cab Thrown by a Horse, with Other Sketches (verso)
Medium
Graphite (recto), and graphite and brush and brown wash (verso), on cream wove paper
Dimensions
9.5 × 10.1 cm (3 3/4 × 4 in.)
Classification
graphite
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
113944
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 ...