"Taking the Air" in Hyde Park [verso]
!["Taking the Air" in Hyde Park [verso] by George Cruikshank](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/taking-the-air-in-hyde-park-verso-nga-93837.webp)
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 24.3 x 32.2 cm (9 9/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1996.5.1.b
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 ...