The Cholic
published February 12, 1819
Medium
Etching with hand-coloring on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 20.8 × 25.7 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Plate: 20.8 × 25.7 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 21.3 × 26.3 cm (8 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
90043
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 ...