ORThe Open Room
Digital gallery
Back to the NGA collection
The image depicts a person standing with their arms crossed, slightly turned to the side. They have distinctive features, a focused expression, short hair partly covered by a white headscarf, and wear a dark cloak with fringed edges over a white garment. The person's feet are in black shoes. The background is plain and light, with the initials "I. C" seen at the bottom right corner.
Read the visual description

The image depicts a person standing with their arms crossed, slightly turned to the side. They have distinctive features, a focused expression, short hair partly covered by a white headscarf, and wear a dark cloak with fringed edges over a white garment. The person's feet are in black shoes. The background is plain and light, with the initials "I. C" seen at the bottom right corner.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A London Character

Isaac Cruikshank

Medium
pen and black ink with black wash and watercolor on thin card
Dimensions
sheet: 12.3 x 5.9 cm (4 13/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2009.70.101
Credit line
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Man
Provenance

Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Inscription

signed by artist, lower right in wash: I.C.; by later hand on mount, lower center in pen and black ink: London Characters 1802-5 / Original Drawing / by Isaac Cruikshank; by later hand on mount, lower right in graphite: A0309; by later hand on mount, upper center verso in pen and black ink: P.28

NGA object ID 143651. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.