Political and Satirical Sketches, after Cruikshank
In addition to looking at earlier masters of British caricature such as James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson, Delacroix copied compositions by his contemporary George Cruikshank. This sheet brings together six vignettes based on Cruikshanks’s illustrations for at least four different pamphlets of political parody by William Hone published between 1819 and 1821.
Artwork Details
- Title: Political and Satirical Sketches, after Cruikshank
- Artist: Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)
- Artist: After George Cruikshank (British, London 1792–1878 London)
- Date: 1819–21
- Medium: Pen and brown ink
- Dimensions: Sheet: 5 9/16 × 9 7/8 in. (14.2 × 25.1 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, 2024
- Object Number: 2024.591.70
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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