George Cruikshank
(1792-1878), Caricaturist and illustratorEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter 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.
by Daniel Maclise
pencil, 1833
NPG 5170
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, 1836
NPG 1385
by William Behnes
plaster cast of bust, circa 1855
NPG 1300
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(146)
after a photograph by Elliott & Fry
watercolour, late 19th century, based on a work of 1872
NPG 3150
Sketches on seven sheets of MS fragments
by George Cruikshank
pen and ink and pencil
NPG 4259
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, circa 1857
NPG x134784
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG x199004
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, circa 1857
NPG Ax27703
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax28965
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax28570
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax21894
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax39831
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x137947
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x7060
by George & Rebecca Lavis
albumen cabinet card, 1860s
NPG x7062
Eliza Cruikshank (née Widdison); George Cruikshank
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1860s
NPG x7063
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax14924
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax28413
by Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
NPG x7061
Related People
- Eliza Cruikshank (née Widdison) (wife)
- Eliza Cruikshank (sister)
- Isaac Cruikshank (father)
- (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank (brother)
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