Female Intrepidity

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Female Intrepidity, 1816. Hand-colored etching on paper.

Hand-colored etching on paper · Image: 24.2 × 34.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Female Intrepidity
Artist: George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878) published by J. Sidebotham (English, active 1802-1820)
Date: 1816
Medium: Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions: Image: 24.2 × 34.7 cm (9 9/16 × 13 11/16 in.); Plate: 25 × 35.7 cm (9 7/8 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 36 cm (10 1/16 × 14 3/16 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.