Trade Card for Samuel P. Avery--Fine Art Room
Gift of Emma Avery Welcher and Amy Ogden Welcher, 1965
Catalogue
- Year
- 1873
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (15.9 x 24.1 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- George Cruikshank
Artist
Mixed Media
George Cruikshank or Cruickshank was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- George Cruikshank
- Year
- 1873
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (15.9 x 24.1 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1873-009391
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified