The Return of Paris
published January 3, 1817
Medium
Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 27 × 37.4 cm (10 11/16 × 14 3/4 in.); Plate: 27.7 × 38.1 cm (10 15/16 × 15 in.); Sheet: 28.2 × 38.5 cm (11 1/8 × 15 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
90185
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 ...