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George Cruikshank

A Good Pennyworth from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top left)

1848, printed c. 1880
Six steel etchings in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé)
28.2 × 27.5 cm (11.1 × 10.8 in)

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

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