The Logierian System
published April 23, 1818
Medium
Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 27.1 × 39.7 cm (10 11/16 × 15 11/16 in.); Plate: 27.5 × 40.3 cm (10 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.); Sheet: 28.2 × 40.8 cm (11 1/8 × 16 1/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
90067
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 ...