George Cruikshank, calling card
George Cruikshank|Anonymous
ca. 1830–78
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 1 1/2 in. × 3 in. (3.8 × 7.6 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ephemera|Calling cards
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of F. C. Schang, 1977
Accession Number
1977.580.9
Tags
Correspondence
About the Artist
George Cruikshank|Anonymous · 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 ...