Landing the Treasures
George Cruikshank
published January 18, 1819
Medium
Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 20 × 53 cm (7 7/8 × 20 7/8 in.); Sheet cut to plate: 22.8 × 55.3 cm (9 × 21 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
89991
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 ...