The Royal Extinguisher or The King of Brobdingnag and the Lilliputians
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George CruikshankThe Royal Extinguisher or The King of Brobdingnag and the Lilliputians1821
1821
About the Item
- Creator:George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878, British)
- Creation Year:1821
- Dimensions:Height: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Width: 12.75 in (32.39 cm)
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- Condition:Good original color.
- Gallery Location:Santa Monica, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU41131827953
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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