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A London linen-draper's assistant reveals his true identity: he is not "Horatio Sparkins", an aristocratic man about town, but Mr Smith, an assistant in a down-market shop Wall Art
ART BY: George Cruikshank
A London linen-draper's assistant reveals his true identity: he is not "Horatio Sparkins", an aristocratic man about town, but Mr Smith, an assistant in a down-market shop Wall Art
ART BY: George Cruikshank
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About this artwork
A London linen-draper's assistant reveals his true identity: he is not "Horatio Sparkins", an aristocratic man about town, but Mr Smith, an assistant in a down-market shop is an etchings by George Cruikshank (1792–1878), dated [1839]. The artist is catalogued as English. The source scan comes from the Wellcome Collection, and the file offered here measures 5163 × 6000 px (6.1 MB). It is filed under Prints, in portrait format. Archive Lane holds 381 works by George Cruikshank, a British artist.
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.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). All works by George Cruikshank →
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A London linen-draper's assistant reveals his true identity: he is not "Horatio Sparkins", an aristocratic man about town, but Mr Smith, an assistant in a down-market shop is free to preview at web resolution. The original high-resolution file is a one-time purchase, or included with an Archive Lane membership (up to 1,000 high-resolution downloads per day) — and the artwork can also be ordered as a made-to-order print.
