September 27, 1792

The Cruikshank family is famous in British art. Of George we read that he:

....was born in London on September 27, 1792 to Isaac and Mary Cruikshank. His parents were originally from Scotland, and migrated to the metropolis of London before George was born. Cruikshank was one of five children, but only George and his older brother Robert survived into adulthood. His father died when George Cruikshank was still a teenager.

The funny picture below was "Written anonymously and published in 1820." It (or the whole series) is titled "The Tour of Dr Syntax Through the Pleasures & Miseries of London". We learned  at Spitalfields Life that this print:

was one of a popular series of comedies featuring the idiosyncratic Dr Syntax, a character originated by William Coombe and drawn by Thomas Rowlandson. These plates are believed to be the work of Robert Cruikshank, father of George Cruikshank.

So the father of George, for whom we do not have a precise birth date, is the one who probably engraved the plates for this picture of a family and their cat.