The School of Love; or, Original and Comic Valentine Writer, for Trades, Professions, &c.
Medium
Illustrations: wood engraving, hand colored
Dimensions
7 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (19 x 11.8 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Richard Riddell, 1981
Accession Number
1981.1136.40
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
George Cruikshank|D. S. Maurice|Mrs. Perks · 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 ...