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George Cruikshank

May – "Old May Day" from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top left)

1836, printed c. 1880
Four steel etchings in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé)
20.7 × 33.4 cm (8.1 × 13.1 in)

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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

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