Hunt-ing the Bull!!
George Cruikshank
published February 8, 1817
Medium
Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 21.2 × 33.5 cm (8 3/8 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet, cut to platemark: 24 × 34.7 cm (9 1/2 × 13 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
89967
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 ...