The Rehearsal or the Baron and the Elephant
![The Rehearsal or the Baron and the Elephant by George Cruikshank|M. [or W. N.] Jones|Richard Brinsley Sheridan|Baron Ferdinand de Geramb|William Shakespeare|John Philip Kemble|Sarah Siddons](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.artheonmuseum.org%2Fmet%2Fdp%2Fthumb%2Fthe-rehearsal-or-the-baron-and-the-elephant-393175.webp&w=3840&q=75)
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
sheet: 7 13/16 x 20 5/16 in. (19.8 x 51.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.3495
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
George Cruikshank|M. [or W. N.] Jones|Richard Brinsley Sheridan|Baron Ferdinand de Geramb|William Shakespeare|John Philip Kemble|Sarah Siddons · 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 ...