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George Cruikshank
published August 9, 1817
Medium
Hand-colored etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 28.1 × 22.3 cm (11 1/8 × 8 13/16 in.); Sheet: 33.3 × 23.5 cm (13 1/8 × 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
89763
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 ...