George Cruikshank
(1792-1878), Caricaturist and illustratorSitter in 34 portraits
Artist associated with 29 portraits
Artist and illustrator; followed his father, Isaac Cruikshank, as a caricaturist and worked with William Hone in producing radical satires against the Prince Regent; became a prolific illustrator, most famously of Dickens. In later life he took up oil painting, renounced his earlier ways and became a zealous advocate of temperance.
Sketches on seven sheets of MS fragments
by George Cruikshank
pen and ink and pencil
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'The Last Man on the Tichborne Jury'
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after George Cruikshank
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1872
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by George Cruikshank
etching, early 19th century
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by George Cruikshank, published by Thomas Tegg
hand-coloured etching, published 7 July 1813
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by George Cruikshank, after (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank
hand-coloured etching, circa 1814
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Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset and Frances, Countess of Somerset
by George Cruikshank, published by George Smeeton
etching, published 27 September 1817
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R-y-l Condescension - or a Foreign Minister astonished! - April 1817
by George Cruikshank, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 15 September 1817
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A R-Y-L Visit to a Foreign Capital or, The Ambassador not at home - !! - April 1817
by George Cruikshank, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 15 September 1817
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James William Wallack as Dougal in 'Rob Roy, the Gregarach'
by C. Tomkins, after George Cruikshank
hand-coloured etching, published 1818
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by George Cruikshank, after Unknown artist
etching and line engraving, published 1819
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by George Cruikshank
line engraving, published 1819
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by George Cruikshank
line engraving, published 1819
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Poor Bull & his Burden or the Political Murraion [Murrain]
by George Cruikshank, published by Thomas Tegg
hand-coloured etching, published 15 December 1819
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by George Cruikshank
etching, published 1819
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by George Cruikshank
line engraving, published 1819
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by George Cruikshank, after T. Jonson
etching, published 1820
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by George Cruikshank, after William Hogarth
etching, published 1820
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'A Scene in the New Farce as performed at the Royalty Theatre!'
by George Cruikshank, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 February 1821
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The Royal Extinguisher, or the King of Brobdingnag & the Lilliputians
by George Cruikshank, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 7 April 1821
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The Radical Ladder (Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel)
published by George Humphrey, after George Cruikshank
etching, published 12 August 1821
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Related People
- Eliza Cruikshank (née Widdison) (wife)
- Eliza Cruikshank (sister)
- Isaac Cruikshank (father)
- (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank (brother)
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