The Belle-Alliance
published August 12, 1819
Medium
Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 24.5 × 34.7 cm (9 11/16 × 13 11/16 in.); Plate: 24.9 × 35.3 cm (9 13/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 35.7 cm (10 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
90110
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 ...