An Election Ball
published April 28, 1813
Medium
Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 25.8 × 38.1 cm (10 3/16 × 15 in.); Plate: 26.5 × 38.8 cm (10 7/16 × 15 5/16 in.); Sheet: 29.2 × 41.8 cm (11 1/2 × 16 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
90195
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 ...