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George Cruikshank

220 works

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Watercolor sketch of people fleeing a burning building, with flames, smoke, a cat on the roof, and a crowd below.

People Fleeing a Burning Building

n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of a balding man with side whiskers in a high collar, bust-length, facing left.

Self-Portrait

n.d.

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a grey koala clinging to a green eucalyptus branch, labeled Koala, on a sketchbook page.

Sketchbook

n.d.

Watercolor sketch of a crested bird with a pipe-smoking man and a shoreline, captioned with a Tennyson quotation.

In the Spring the Wanton Lapwing gets himself another Crest

n.d.

Crowded engraved scene of a city celebration with a statue on a barrel pedestal, chimneys, ships and feasting crowds.

Worship of Bacchus

1864

Hand-colored print of a Paris coffee house with a bowing waiter, a uniformed officer, a woman with a tray, and a seated man u

John Bull zit in het koffiehuis van mevrouw Véry te Parijs

1821

Watercolor drawing of tiny fairies examining framed artworks in a gallery with placards naming Raphael, Titian, and Rembrandt

Fairy Connoisseurs Inspecting Mr. Frederick Locker's Collection of Drawings

1867

Etching of tiny fairies inspecting artworks labeled Raphael, Titian, Hogarth and Rembrandt in an ornate gallery room.

Fairy Connoisseurs Inspecting Mr. Frederick Locker's Collection of Drawings

1868

Pencil sketch sheet by George Cruikshank with studies of Falstaff, Titania and Bottom, and handwritten labels.

Early Sketches for Falstaff, Midsummer Night's Dream

n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a comic scene with a rider on a horse, a winged figure, and a dragon-like beast near a tree.

Comic Scene I

n.d.

Pen sketch of a comic fantasy scene with a running figure, a winged creature, and gnarled tree faces under drifting clouds.

Comic Scene

n.d.

Etching of men in top hats crowding benches at a print auction, an auctioneer on a podium at right, framed prints on the wall

Prentenveiling

1828

Brown ink drawing of fashionable Victorian figures in enormous crinoline dresses and top hats strolling under trees in a park

"Taking the Air" in Hyde Park [verso]

1865

Hand-colored 1817 caricature of a dandy in tailcoat and yellow gloves raising a lorgnette, holding a top hat.

D_d Angelic pon honor-Fascinating Creature Monstrous Handsome!!

published August 9, 1817

Hand-colored print of a seated woman and a standing dandy in a candlelit room with a fireplace and speech bubbles.

A Dandy & a Dandyzette

published October 25, 1818

Hand-colored caricature of a dandy midshipman being laced into corsets by sailors on a ship deck, with speech balloons.

Lacing in Style

published March 6, 1819

Hand-colored caricature comparing armored medieval knights with 1819 British military officers in plumed hats and braided uni

Ancient and Modern Military Dandies of 1450

published February 8, 1819

Hand-colored caricature of a kneeling man holding a sick woman's hand in a canopy bed while another woman weeps nearby.

England's Only Hope Departing

published December 2, 1817

Hand-colored satire of the Dey of Algiers riding a carriage while chained English sailors are dragged past ships and Britanni

The Triumph of the Dey of Algiers Over the Naval Glory of England!!

published July 1816

Hand-coloured caricature of a many-headed hydra slain by a lion and a man with a petition scroll, with Britannia nearby.

Death of the Property Tax!!

published March 1816

Hand-colored caricature of men seated at a table with speech balloons and papers, titled Conspirators, or Delegates in Counci

Conspirators, or Delegates in Council

published July 1, 1817

Hand-coloured caricature of a giant teapot belching steam over a London street, crowds pouring from its spout, sacks of adult

The T Trade in Hot Water

published November 14, 1818

Hand-colored satire of sheep tugging a sack of fish and loaves against clergymen in wigs, with scrolls and caption text.

Pull Devil, Pull Baker!

published April 30, 1819

Hand-colored caricature of political riders racing sheep and horses toward a Treasury gate, with protest banners.

A Match for the Kings Plate-By Hacks

published February 27, 1819

Hand-colored caricature of a red carriage with outriders and turbaned attendants arriving at a building, with onlookers and d

A R-Y-L Visit to a Foreign Capital

published September 15, 1817

Hand-colored satire: pig-faced woman playing piano beside a mule-headed king in regalia writing at a table.

The Pig Faced Lady of Manchester Square and The Spanish Mule of Madrid

published March 21, 1815

Hand-colored caricature of a stout seated woman in a turban with uniformed attendants, while an elderly man bows before her.

Royal Condescension

published September 15, 1817

Hand-coloured 1819 print of an auctioneer selling a dead woman's clothes to a crowd of bidders in a room.

Sales by Auction

published May 6, 1819

Hand-coloured caricature of a man buying classical marble statues while a hungry family begs for bread.

The Elgin Marbles!

published c. June 1816

Hand-colored caricature of men hunting a charging bull past classical columns, with dogs, fallen figures and a sentry.

Hunt-ing the Bull!!

published February 8, 1817

Hand-colored caricature of three English generals on a stage under banners reading complaint, bankruptcy and starvation, one

English Generals on the Peace Establishment!!!

published January 25, 1816

Hand-colored caricature of men carrying a polar bear, casks and treasures ashore beneath a British flag, with a ship in the h

Landing the Treasures

published January 18, 1819