George Cruikshank Art
British, 1792-1878
George Cruikshank was a British caricaturist and book illustrator praised as the modern Hogarth during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. Cruikshank was born in London. His father, Isaac Cruikshank, was one of the leading caricaturists of the late 1790s, and Cruikshank started his career as his father's apprentice and assistant. His older brother, Isaac Robert, also followed in the family business as a caricaturist and illustrator. Cruikshank's early work was a caricature, but in 1823, at the age of 31, he started to focus on book illustration. He illustrated the first, 1823 English translation (by Edgar Taylor and David Jardine) of Grimms' Fairy Tales, published in two volumes as German Popular Stories. On 16th October 1827, he married Mary Ann Walker (1807–49). Two years after her death, on 7th March 1851, he married Eliza Widdison. The two lived at 263 Hampstead Road, North London. Upon his death, it was discovered that Cruikshank had fathered 11 illegitimate children with a mistress named Adelaide Attree, his former servant, who lived close to where he lived with his wife. Adelaide was ostensibly married and had taken the married surname Archibold.
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Artist: George Cruikshank
Dealer: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC
The Wimbledon hoax! or Waterloo review!!!
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
A remarkable published sketch replete with primo pensiero; a window into Cruikshank's genius for sociopolitical caricature.
Double-sided preparatory drawing in graphite with watercolor and ink on light-weight cream wove paper, 19 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches (487 x 224 mm), the full sheet. Signed boldly in brown ink, lower right image area. Uniform age tone, marginal wear including some minor areas of edge wear and two very minor associated losses at the lower left sheet edge. Colors appear to be slightly attenuated. There are three tabs of archival tape at the top sheet edge, verso; at right corner, left corner, and center. All condition points are entirely consistent with the age and nature of the paper and media. Multiple inscriptions in ink and graphite in Cruikshank's own hand. A maquette for the engraved image of the same title, used as the frontispiece to The Scourge, xii, published on June 18, 1816, by J. Johnson Cheapside, London. Impressions of the engraving for which this is a study may be found in the collections of the British Museum and the Yale University Library.
Holiday-making 'cits' drive, ride, and walk (right to left) on a dusty road, in the direction of a sign-post (right) pointing 'To Wimbledon' (left); the opposite arm points (right) to Battersea. On the extreme left is the back of a coach, with outside passengers, one with a huge frothing tankard. A fat man trudges between two women, followed by a bloated dog. A 'cit' on a bucking horse follows. Next is a family party: a fat woman...
Category
Early 19th Century English School George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Graphite, Watercolor
'The Protestants Champion!!' (... Duke of Sussex, Son of King George III)
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
This portrait of King George the III's son was published in the same year that Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premiered in London.
'The Protestants Champion!!' (Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex...
Category
Early 19th Century English School George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
Waiting room at the Admiralty (*no Misnomer)
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Thomas McLean, 1820. Second Edition. Etching with handcoloring in watercolor on cream wove paper (published 1835), 8 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches (210 x 29 0mm), full margins. Second...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
Mr. B. Promoted to Lieutenant and first putting on his uniform.
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
From, The Progress of a Midshipman, Exemplified in the Career of Master Blockhead 1860 (plate 7)
Etching with handcoloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 8 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches (2...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
Monstrosities of 1822; Plate 5
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Thomas McLean, 1835. Third Edition. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (240 x 348 mm), full margins. With light, fresh color....
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
London Dandies-or- Monstrosities of 1816, Scene, Hyde Park, from Monstrosities
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Thomas McLean, 1818. Third Edition. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper (published August 1st, 1835), 9 7/8 x 14 inches ...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
A Scene in the New Farce —as performed at the Royalty Theater
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
A Scene in the New Farce —as performed at the Royalty Theater
London: George Humphrey, 1821.
Etching and engraving on cream wove paper with extensive hand coloring in watercolor. 9 5/8 x 13 3/4 inches (244 x 348 mm), trimmed at the platemark. A beautiful impression of this large, intricate print...
Category
Early 19th Century George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor, Etching
The Root of King’s Evil, NB To cure the Constitution of this evil, the axe ...
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
A beautiful image of fellowship and esprit de corp with bright handcoloring in watercolor.
London: Thomas Mclean, August 1st, 1835. Second Edition. Etching with handcoloring in water...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
Anglo Parisian Salutations, or Practice par Excellence!
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
A beautiful image of fellowship and esprit de corp with bright handcoloring in watercolor.
London: Thomas Mclean, August 1st, 1835. Second Edition. Etching with handcoloring in water...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
To Calais
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Thomas McLean, 1835. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper. 6 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches (157 x 210 mm), full margins. Initialed in the plate by Cruikshank, and bearing Frederick Marryat's anchor monniker. A well inked impression of this humorous print...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
Dandies-of-1817, from Monstrosities
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Thomas McLean, 1818. Third Edition. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, (published August 1st, 1835), 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
An Election Ball
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Thomas Mclean, 1835. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper. 5 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches (135 x 195 mm), full margins. A lovely well inked impression with fres...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
Monstrosities of 1824; Plate 7
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Thomas McLean, 1835. Third Edition. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 1818 (published August 1st, 1835) 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (240 x 348 mm), full...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
Radical Parliament; "Plan to Assassinate Her Magestie's Ministers."
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
An image of the last major insurrection in Great Britain, known as Guy Fawkes's Cato Street Conspiracy.
London: Thomas Mclean, 1835. Etching with hand colo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
Mr. B- “seeking the Bubble reputation"
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
from The Sailor’s Progress, Plate 5
London: Thomas McLean, 1835. Second Edition. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 1835. 8 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches (250 x 354...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
Mr. B. Masthead- or, enjoying the fresh air for the 304th time
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
From, The Progress of a Midshipman, Exemplified in the Career of Master Blockhead 1860 (plate 4)
London: Thomas Mclean, 1835. Etching with handcoloring in watercolor on cream wove p...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
Mr. B. on the Middle Watch- "cold blows the wind & the rain's coming on."
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
From, The Progress of a Midshipman, Exemplified in the Career of Master Blockhead 1860 (plate 3)
London: Thomas McLean, 1835. Etching with handcoloring in watercolor on cream wove pa...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
Master B. Finding things are not exactly what he expected-
By George Cruikshank
Located in Middletown, NY
From, The Progress of a Midshipman, Exemplified in the Career of Master Blockhead 1860 (plate 2)
Etching with handcoloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 1835. 210 x 290 mm; 8 3/...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian George Cruikshank Art
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
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