The Return of Paris

George Cruikshank

published January 3, 1817

The Return of Paris by George Cruikshank

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 · 17921878

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 ...

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