Leaf with the two brothers' self-portraits.

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Creator

I. R. & G. Cruikshank

Title

Leaf with the two brothers' self-portraits.

Description

Single heavy leaf with hand-colored stipple-engraved portrait of George Cruikshank and an original sepia ink drawing, signed “Rob’t Cruikshank 1828” below it.

Source

Source: Bound in after page xv in this copy of Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis. By Pierce Egan. Embellished with Thirty-Six scenes from Real Life, designed and etched by I. R. & G. Cruikshank; and enriched also with numerous original Designs on wood, by the same Artists.