The Head Ache
February 12, 1819
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
plate: 8 1/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20.7 x 25.5 cm) sheet: 10 3/4 x 12 9/16 in. (27.3 x 31.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970
Accession Number
1970.541.251
Tags
About the Artist
George Cruikshank|George Humphrey|Captain Frederick Marryat · 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 ...