The Dancing Lesson, Part 3: L'ete
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 10.5 × 15 cm (4 3/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Plate: 13 × 17 cm (5 1/8 × 6 3/4 in.); Sheet: 20.5 × 23.5 cm (8 1/8 × 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
44799
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 ...