1828
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Mr Smith - "The Keeper of the Prints" & the "Print Room" of the British Museum is a 1828 by George Cruikshank, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a crowded room with shelves packed with framed art. A man in the front stands pointing at something, while a group of people sit at a long table, leaning in. Above them, more small portraits hang neatly on the wall. The title says this is the "Print Room" of the British Museum, where people study old prints. The artist, Cruikshank, drew it in 1828. Next, look up Cruikshank, George to see more of his work.
An 1828 etching by George Cruikshank depicts the Print Room of the British Museum, where the Keeper of the Prints engages with a group of collectors while a woman examines works in the background.
Read the full account in the museum source.
George Cruikshank or Cruickshank ( KRUUK-shank; 27 September 1792 – 1 February 1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life.
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