Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
George Cruikshank (1792-1878), Caricaturist and illustrator
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Artist and caricaturist; son of the caricaturist, Isaac Cruikshank (1756?-1811?); a popular satirist and caricaturist, with an enormous output; famous for his etchings to Grimm's Popular Tales, and his illustrations to Dickens; took up oil-painting in later life and exhibited at the RA; a fervent advocate of temperance.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.