24. George Cruikshank
(1792-1878)

Standing Male Nude with a Staff

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Cruikshank , Standing Male

Standing Male Nude with a Staff

Pen and brown ink and watercolor on wove paper, 120 x 85 mm., signed in ink with his monogram.. Portraying an unknown mythological figure, this signed sketch was cut from a larger sheet, perhaps a letter, as there are traces of writing at the right edge of the paper. Famous for his caricatures, Cruikshank was also a painter and a prolific illustrator of books and magazines and one of the best draughtsmen of his time in England.