A Dandy & a Dandyzette
George Cruikshank
published October 25, 1818
Medium
Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 22.5 × 33.5 cm (8 7/8 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet cut within platemark: 24 × 34 cm (9 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
89775
Rights
Public Domain
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 ...