Letter: Stop Thief
Medium
Signed letter in pen and brown ink, with several sketches in pen and brown ink, and one entire sheet of sketches in graphite and watercolor, signed in pen and black ink, on two sheets of cream wove paper
Dimensions
228 × 144 (each sheet)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
187101
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 ...