Sketch of Octagon Recess with Columns
George Cruikshank
1776 to 1800
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
Overall: 33.5 x 21 cm (13 3/16 x 8 1/4 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
1944.12.4
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 ...