The Funeral Procession of the Rump
George Cruikshank
published March 22, 1819
Medium
Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 19 × 62 cm (7 1/2 × 24 7/16 in.); Sheet cut to plate: 22.7 × 63 cm (8 15/16 × 24 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
90007
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 ...