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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 watercolor on cream wove paper. 10 1/8 x 13 3/4 inches (255 x 347 mm), uneven (full?) margins. One large bow of light-colored dampstain, extending approximately 1- inch into the platemark, but outside of the image area (unobtrusive). Minor bow of light-colored dampstaining at the lower right sheet edge, extending inwards approximately 1-inch, does not enter plate mark. Two small spots of mounting tape remnants at top sheet edge, verso. Repaired 1-inch edge tear, top left sheet edge, well outside of image area. Light handling creases and surface soil. All condition issues are consistent with age. Initially printed and published by Thomas McLean in 1816, this lovely impression is from the second and final edition.
With Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, for the first time, intercontinental travel became accessible and widespread amongst the British upper-middle class. In this time of peace, the fascination with foreign culture apexed, and learning new languages became the rage. In this visually engaging and charming image, two English tourists, festooned in the latest Parisian fashion, practice their French while standing outside the 'Hotel des Fermes' --"Commong porty wous Munseer? -- O Oui -- il est un tres belle jour!."
- Creator:George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878, British)
- Creation Year:1835
- Dimensions:Height: 8 in (20.32 cm)Width: 10.375 in (26.36 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Middletown, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: BH1191stDibs: LU1979210401552
George Cruikshank
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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