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A Game of Cribbage or Boney's Last Shuffle by George Cruikshank

A Game of Cribbage or Boney's Last Shuffle

George Cruikshank · 1814

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Artist
George Cruikshank
Date
1814
Medium
Etching and watercolor
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
plate: 8 3/8 x 10 13/16 in. (21.2 x 27.4 cm)
Collection
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
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George Cruikshank

George Cruikshank, the "modern Hogarth," captivated 19th-century audiences with his prolific caricatures and iconic illustrations for authors like Charles Dickens.

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