Irish Decency ! ! ! no. 2
George Cruikshank
published August 30, 1819
Medium
Hand-colored etching on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 21.9 × 33.1 cm (8 5/8 × 13 1/16 in.); Sheet, cut to platemark: 25.5 × 39.3 cm (10 1/16 × 15 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
44639
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 ...