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Isaac Cruikshank  (1764–1811)  wikidata:Q3154738
 
Alternative names
Isaac Cruickshank; Isaac Robert Cruikshank
Description Scottish caricaturist, illustrator, drawer, engraver, painter and etcher
Date of birth/death 5 October 1764 Edit this at Wikidata between 1811 and 16 April 1811
date QS:P,+1811-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1811-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1811-04-16T00:00:00Z/11
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Location of birth/death Edinburgh London
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artist QS:P170,Q3154738
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A large naked monster sits astride a large cup, which is balanced on a dagger held in the mouth of a small sansculotte juggler who exclaims, " By Gar tis var heavy, O dear! O dear! It will fall!" The monster holds in his hands the heads of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Date 3 February 1794
date QS:P571,+1794-02-03T00:00:00Z/11
Medium Print on wove paper : etching, hand-colored
Dimensions plate mark 37.8 x 25 cm., on sheet 39 x 25 cm.
Source/Photographer Lewis Walpole Library
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