An Election Ball

George Cruikshank, published April 28, 1813

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An Election Ball, published April 28, 1813. Hand-colored etching on paper.

Hand-colored etching on paper · Image: 25.8 × 38.1 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: An Election Ball
Artist: George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878) published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818)
Date: published April 28, 1813
Medium: Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions: Image: 25.8 × 38.1 cm (10 3/16 × 15 in.); Plate: 26.5 × 38.8 cm (10 7/16 × 15 5/16 in.); Sheet: 29.2 × 41.8 cm (11 1/2 × 16 1/2 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Thomas F. Furness in memory of William McCallin McKee
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1792–1878

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.