The Afterpiece to the Tragedy of Waterloo

George Cruikshank, published November 9, 1815

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The Afterpiece to the Tragedy of Waterloo, published November 9, 1815. Hand-colored etching on paper.

Hand-colored etching on paper · Image: 24.4 × 34.5 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: The Afterpiece to the Tragedy of Waterloo
Artist: George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878) published by Willam Hone (English, 1780 - 1842)
Date: published November 9, 1815
Medium: Hand-colored etching on paper
Dimensions: Image: 24.4 × 34.5 cm (9 5/8 × 13 5/8 in.); Plate: 25 × 35.5 cm (9 7/8 × 14 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 35.7 cm (10 1/16 × 14 1/16 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.