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George Cruikshank, calling card
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George Cruikshank, calling card

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Sheet: 1 1/2 in. × 3 in. (3.8 × 7.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of F. C. Schang, 1977

Classification

Prints|Ephemera|Calling cards

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About George Cruikshank

1792–1878United Kingdom

Artist famous for his political cartoons and prolific book illustrations. In his later career he made moral narratives in woodcut, especially in regards to the temperance movement. Cruikshank was also an actor. Comment on works: caricaturist