English Generals on the Peace Establishment!!!
George Cruikshank
published January 25, 1816
Medium
Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 23 × 33.7 cm (9 1/16 × 13 5/16 in.); Sheet: 23.7 × 34.8 cm (9 3/8 × 13 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
89980
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 ...