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Astronomy: an anthropomorphic comet, with a tail composed of events of 1853 Wall Art
ART BY: George Cruikshank
Astronomy: an anthropomorphic comet, with a tail composed of events of 1853 Wall Art
ART BY: George Cruikshank
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About this artwork
Astronomy: an anthropomorphic comet, with a tail composed of events of 1853 is an etchings by George Cruikshank (1792–1878), dated 1850-1859. The artist is catalogued as English. This reproduction is based on the copy in the Wellcome Collection, and the file offered here measures 6000 × 2930 px (4.4 MB). Catalogued under Prints, in landscape 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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