The New Union Club
George Cruikshank
published July 19, 1819
Medium
Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 28 × 46 cm (11 1/16 × 18 1/8 in.); Sheet cut to plate: 31.5 × 48 cm (12 7/16 × 18 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
90269
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 ...