Half-Length of a Lawyer and Other Sketches
1776 to 1800
Medium
graphite and pen and brown ink with pink, brown, and blue wash
Dimensions
Overall (approximate): 20.5 x 18.6 cm (8 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.) support: 40.7 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Dr. Clements C. Fry
Accession Number
1944.12.7
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 ...