“Geo. Cruikshank.”
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CHAPTER VII. CRUIKSHANK’S LAST TWENTY YEARS.
The most notable of George Cruikshank’s book-work, after the failure of bis magazine, was his “Life of Sir John Falstaff,” * illustrating a biography of the knight, written in Robert Brough’s happiest manner. Cruikshank’s twenty Falstaff etchings are admirable examples of his peculiar excellences as an etcher, and of his matured artistic faculty of composition and observation.
* Published by Messrs. Longman and Co., 1857.