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Letter: Stop Thief
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago as George Cruikshank.
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- AttributionGeorge Cruikshank — other records naming George Cruikshank
- Date1851
- Classificationdrawings (visual works)
- MediumSigned letter in pen and brown ink, with several sketches in pen and brown ink, and one entire sheet of sketches in graphite and watercolor, signed in pen and black ink, on two sheets of cream wove paper
- DepartmentPrints and Drawings
- Held byArt Institute of Chicago
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George Cruikshank · Letter: Stop Thief · 1851 · Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain / CC0.
Source read 2026-09-20 · Published 2026-09-20
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