The School of Love; or, Original and Comic Valentine Writer, for Trades, Professions, &c.
Medium
Illustrations: wood engraving, hand colored
Dimensions
7 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (19 x 11.8 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Richard Riddell, 1981
Accession Number
1981.1136.40
About the Artist
George Cruikshank|D. S. Maurice|Mrs. Perks · 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 ...