The Leader of the Parisian Blood Red Republic
George Cruikshank
published June 23, 1871
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 42 × 27 cm (16 9/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 45.8 × 30.5 cm (18 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133445
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 ...