Biographical/Historical: The brothers George and Robert (also called Isaac Robert) Cruikshank followed in the footsteps of their father Isaac, 1764-1811, as printmakers and caricaturists. George Cruikshank, the best-known of the three, moved from political and social satire to book illustration; among his works are the illustrations to Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist (1838).
Statement Of Responsibility: George Cruikshank
Acquisition: Gift; Lincoln Kirstein.

Physical Description

Etchings
Engravings
Extent: 1 print : etching, engraving, black & white ; 27 x 36 cm or smaller

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19758830
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9685b080-87f8-013d-e30e-0242ac110004

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "A charity ball, dancing for the million" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1844. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9685b080-87f8-013d-e30e-0242ac110004

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1844). A charity ball, dancing for the million Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9685b080-87f8-013d-e30e-0242ac110004

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "A charity ball, dancing for the million" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9685b080-87f8-013d-e30e-0242ac110004

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