The Rehearsal or the Baron and the Elephant
![The Rehearsal or the Baron and the Elephant by George Cruikshank|M. [or W. N.] Jones|Richard Brinsley Sheridan|Baron Ferdinand de Geramb|William Shakespeare|John Philip Kemble|Sarah Siddons](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/the-rehearsal-or-the-baron-and-the-elephant-393175.webp)
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
sheet: 7 13/16 x 20 5/16 in. (19.8 x 51.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.3495
Tags
About the Artist
George Cruikshank|M. [or W. N.] Jones|Richard Brinsley Sheridan|Baron Ferdinand de Geramb|William Shakespeare|John Philip Kemble|Sarah Siddons · 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 ...