George Cruikshank
220 works
George Cruikshank started out in London as apprentice and assistant to his father, the caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank. Read more
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Dandies or Monstrosities of 1818
published October 3, 1818
La Belle Assemblée
published August 31, 1817
Anecdotes: Proof
1827
The Beadle
c. 1805-78
Comic Scene II
n.d.
Comic Scene III
n.d.
Liberty Suspended! With the Bulwark of the Constitution!
published March 1817
A Tailor in a High Wind
published March 31, 1819
The Savoyards
published September 18, 1818
The New Union Club
published July 19, 1819
May from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top left)
1835, printed c. 1880
George Cruikshank started out in London as apprentice and assistant to his father, the caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank. His early prints attacked the royal family, and in 1820 he took a £100 royal bribe not to caricature George IV "in any immoral situation". In 1823 he turned to book illustration, starting with the first English translation of Grimms' Fairy Tales. For his friend Charles Dickens he illustrated Sketches by Boz and Oliver Twist. Once a heavy drinker, he later gave up alcohol and made prints such as The Bottle for the temperance cause. Browse 220 works by George Cruikshank from 9 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikipedia