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George Cruikshank

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Hand-coloured etching of a crowded drawing room with elegantly dressed guests jostling at a doorway.

Overvol salon

1818

Hand-coloured print of a chaotic nursery party with dancing children, toys, a rocking horse and a woman carrying food.

Feest in de kinderkamer

1826

Hand-coloured print of a chaotic Piccadilly street with crowds, overturned carts, a coach and a coffee house facade.

Verkeerschaos buiten het hotel Old White Horse Cellar in Piccadilly

1818

Engraved portrait of the Earl and Countess of Somerset in period costume, with ruffs, a feathered hat and an ornate headdress

Earl and Countess of Somerset, Accomplices inthe Murder of Sir Thomas Overbury

1792

Crowded engraved panorama of a city square with a Bacchus statue, drinking revelers, feasting tables and factory chimneys beh

The Drinking Customs of Society or Worship of Bacchus

1864

Hand-colored etching of fashionable figures dancing before pink theatre curtains on a wooden floor, 1817.

La Poule

published June 4, 1817

Hand-colored print of three dandies making music in a drawing room, with a poodle, sheet music and framed paintings.

Humming Birds, or A Dandy Trio

published July 15, 1819

Hand-colored caricature of a woman with a whip and a seated man on a red sofa, with a spinning top on the floor.

Prinses Charlotte uitgespeeld met haar Hollandse tol, 1814

1814

Decorative etched border with sporting vignettes like hunting, boxing, cricket and horse racing around a blank center.

Anecdotes: Border for a Title Page

1827

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a standing speaker addressing seated men around a long table in an interior room.

The Assembly of the Gifted: Mr.Bullock Addresses His Friends

1843

Etching of a man in a tall hat striding with a cane while a woman in a long skirt is pulled behind him beside a tree.

The ghost of Mrs Leckie

1830

Etching of a man falling through the air amid winged demons while onlookers in period dress raise their arms in alarm.

The persecuted butler. From Letters on demonology and witchcraft by Sir Walter Scott

1830

Etching of Puck riding a winged horse rearing above a mountain, surrounded by cloud scenes of dancing figures and a train.

Puck on Pegasus

1861

Hand-coloured caricature of Napoleon in a tub of hot water attended by allied doctors with medicine chest and leeches.

Napoleon in bad, 1813

1813

Hand-colored caricature of a plumed Napoleon seated among tailors in a cluttered workshop, with a sea view through the window

Napoleons terugkeer van Elba, 1815

1815

Watercolor of a girl in a blue bonnet reaching toward a grey heron by water, with yellow flowers and pink blossoms.

Girl feeding bird

Watercolour of a girl in a yellow hat carrying apples in her apron, with birds flying near an apple branch and a blue vase.

Girl with apples

Hand-colored satirical etching of men and a woman in a crowded room, with a seated official and partly undressed figures.

Irish Decency ! ! ! no. 1

published August 25, 1819

Hand-colored satirical etching of ragged men before a seated official in blue, with speech balloons and a yellow basket label

Irish Decency ! ! ! no. 2

published August 30, 1819

Pen and ink study of dancing figures in an interior, surrounded by caricature heads and furniture sketches.

Study for the The Dancing Lesson, part 2: The Minuet

c.1835

Etched caricature of a violin-playing dancing master teaching a stout woman in a long dress to dance a minuet.

The Dancing Lesson, Part 2: The Minuet

1835

Etched caricature of a lanky dancing master with violin beside a dancing woman, while two men watch from the right.

The Dancing Lesson, Part 3: L'ete

1825

Hand-coloured 1814 caricature of a seated woman in a feathered headdress holding a puppet of a young man with an Orange banne

De prins van Oranje als speeltje voor prinses Charlotte, 1814

1814

Etched trade card showing an old man reading in a book-lined study, with the name J.W. Bouton, Bookseller, Broadway, New York

Visitekaartje van J.W. Bouton, boekverkoper te New York

1871

Watercolor design of an art gallery interior with a shopkeeper greeting a couple among paintings and sculptures.

Design for Trade Card for Samuel P. Avery

1873

Etched trade card of Samuel P. Avery's Fine Art Room showing a shopkeeper with a couple among paintings and sculpture.

Trade Card for Samuel P. Avery--Fine Art Room

1873

Hand-colored print of a man in a red armchair tormented by small devils hammering and pinching his head beside a fireplace.

The Headache

c. 1819

Hand-colored satirical etching of a woman boarding a ship with help from a naval officer while sailors and a startled clergym

Female Intrepidity

1816

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a collar, with three small figure studies drawn below on the same sheet.

Self-Portrait with Three Sketches

n.d.

Sheet of Sketches with Self-Portrait

n.d.

Two Self-Portraits in Profile

n.d.

Self-Portrait in Profile

n.d.