Humming Birds, or A Dandy Trio
George Cruikshank
published July 15, 1819
Medium
Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 24.2 × 34.2 cm (9 9/16 × 13 1/2 in.); Plate: 25 × 35 cm (9 7/8 × 13 13/16 in.); Sheet: 29.4 × 42.3 cm (11 5/8 × 16 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
3098
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 ...