George Cruikshank was a successful British caricaturist and illustrator. Cruikshank's father Isaac was one of the leading British cartoonists. George Cruikshank discovered his interest in art and illustration quite early. At the tender age of 12 he made his first illustrations. At that time these were still quite small projects, for example for penny dreadfuls, greeting cards, street ballads and lottery tickets. Later George Cruikshank learned the artistic tools of the trade as an apprentice and assistant to his father. At the age of 31 he focused more on book illustrations. Among his successful book illustrations is the illustration of an edition of Grimm's fairy tales. He achieved particular popularity through the illustration of numerous works by Charles Dickens, including Oliver Twist. At times, the artist even played in Dickens' amateur theater group. There was an intense controversy about the creation of Dickens' work in 1871. Cruishank wrote a letter to The Times. ...stating that much of the plot was originally written by Cruishank. Dickens denied that he was not the author of the work. Cruishank was not the first illustrator to cast doubt on Dickens' sole authorship. Shortly afterwards, the friendship that once bound the two of them deteriorated.
The origins of his career as an artist were to be found in his often socially critical caricatures. With drawings about typical English life he gained popularity. In 1819 he illustrated the satire "The political house that Jack built" by William Hone. The "Peterloo Massacre" of August 16, 1819 was the subject of his first major work "Pierce Egans Life in London", which helped him to his breakthrough as an artist. His later political pressures openly attacked the English royal house and leading British politicians. The royal house tried to stop his work by offering him a bribe of 100 pounds if he would stop making caricatures of members of the British Crown in the future. James Gillray was one of the most successful British cartoonists. After his death in 1815, George Cruikshank was socially considered a worthy successor. His father's alcohol-related death in the year was a difficult, if not traumatic experience for Cruikshank. He struggled with it for many years. Probably for this reason he joined a movement in 1847 that advocated the renunciation of alcohol. His personal experience also influenced his artistic work. The tracts "The bottle" and "The drunkards children" became a great success because of his illustrations. Today the private life of the artist is regarded as extremely piquant. 1827 - 1849 he was married to Mary Ann Walker. After her death he married Eliza Widdison two years later. He was not faithful to his wife. With his mistress Adelaide Attree he had eleven illegitimate children. Attree was a former maid to the artist. However, this fact only became known after his death. George Cruikshank died in 1878 in his home town London.
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.jpg "Oliver Twist, c.1838 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1837 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The King of Rome, 1814 - cartoon showing Napoleon and his son, Napoleon II (1811-32), Roi de Rome by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Tom and Jerry \"Masquerading it\" among the cadgers in the \"black slums,\" in the Holy Land,")
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.jpg "A Visit to Cockney Farm - Viewing the Grounds etc. etc. etc., pub. 1835. by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Mr. Lambkin being tired of the old-fashioned regular practice, and being so fortunate as to live in the days when the real properties of water are discovered, places himself under a Disciple of the im by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "John Bull Taking a Clear View of the Black Slavery Question, published by G. Humphrey by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Flight of Bonaparte from the Field of Waterloo accompanied by his Guide, 1816 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "A Visit to Cockney Farm - Viewing the Grounds etc. etc. etc., pub. 1835 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Brewer")
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.jpg "Jonathan Wild Throwing Sir Rowland Trenchard Down the Well-Hole by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Flight of Buonaparte from the field of Waterloo accompanied by his guide, engraved by Rouse, published by H. Colburn, 1816 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Plate IV, Unable to Obtain Employment They Are Driven by Poverty into the Streets to Beg by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Plate I, The Bottle is Brought out for the First Time by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Every Dog has his Day, or Black Devils Amusing Themselves with a White Black Driver by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "A Swarm of English Bees Hiving in the Imperial Carriage!! - Who Would Have Thought It!! A Scene at the London Museum, Piccadilly, or A Peep at the Spoils of Ambition taken at the Battle of Waterloo by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The British Beehive, 1867 by George Cruikshank")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-371116).jpg "The Head of the Great Nation in a Queer Situation, 1813 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Shuttlecocks and Mackerel, or Members Going to Vote on the Corn Bill, March 14 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Home in Shadow, illustration from “Temperance Placards: Home in Shadow, issue 4” by William Tweedie, printed and made by Johnston, 1852 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Plate VI, Fearful quarrels and brutal violence, are the natural consequences of the frequent use of the bottle, Plate IV of")
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.jpg "The Opening of the Great Industrial Exhibition of All Nations, by Her Most Gracious Majest..., 1851. by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Gin-Crazed Girl Commits Suicide, plate 8 of The Drunkard")
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.jpg "The Dispersion of the Works of all Nations from the Great Exhibition of 1851, 1851, 1851. by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Masquerade Scene, from")
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.jpg "Caricature of King George IV and Queen Caroline, 1820 (Ah! Sure such a pair was never seen so justly form")
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.jpg "The Dispersion of the Works of All Nations from the Great Exhibition of 1851, published 1851 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Victory of the Press for the Liberties of the People by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Mr. Weazel Renews an Old Friendship by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Masque in the palace garden of the Tower of London, 1840 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Master B on the Middle Watch -")
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.jpg "Unable to obtain employment, they are driven by poverty into the streets to beg, and by this means they still supply the bottle by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Master B finding things not exactly what he expected, from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1350302).jpg "Monstrosities of 1825 and 1826. (Satirical Cartoon of 19th c. English Fashions) by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Spirit of the Book or, Anticipation of the Year 1813 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "At Home in the Nursery, or The Masters and Misses Two Shoes Christmas Party, 1835 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Squire Western")
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.jpg "Rose Maylie and Oliver in front of the commemorative plaque of Agnes, their sister and mother (Illustration for")
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.jpg "Fagin in the Condemned Cell, Illustration from")
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.jpg "The Leader of the Parisian Blood Red Republic by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Scene at Vauxhall, from Amelia by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Jack Sheppard Visits His Mother in Bedlam, Illustration from Jack Sheppard: A Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth by George Cruikshank")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-393003).jpg "All the Worlds in Paris! by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Fagin Doing Business with Morris Bolter, a.k.a. Noah Claypole, and Charlotte - The Jew and Morris Bolter Begin to Understand Each Other - Illustration for")
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.jpg "Master Bates Explains a Professional Technicality, from")
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.jpg "Oliver surprised and wounded during the attempted burglary - The Burglary - Illustration for \"Oliver Twist\" by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Captain Bath Making Posset, from")
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.jpg "The Head Ache, February 12, 1819 by George Cruikshank")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1009394).jpg "Monstrosities of 1825 & 6 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Dustman, from The Gentleman")
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.jpg "Feckenham Offering Lady Jane Grey a Pardon on Her Way to Trial by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Cow Jumps over the Moon by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Lowest Life in London: Tom, Jerry, and Logic among the Unsophisticated Sons and Daughters of Nature by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "A man outside Brooks")
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.jpg "Probable Effects of over Female Emigration by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Tell Tale by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Cuthbert Cholmondeley surprised by the appearance of a mysterious figure by George Cruikshank")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-321193).jpg "The Regent")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-393994).jpg "Mixing A Recipe for Corns, published 1835 by George Cruikshank")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-384208).jpg "Boney Beating Mack - And Nelson Giving Him a Whack!, 1805 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Jack Visits His Mother in Bethlehem Hospital, London, Illustration from")
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.jpg "Jack escaping from the condemned cell at Newgate Prison, illustration from")
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.jpg "April - Fooling from George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The \"Bloomers\" in Hyde Park, or an Extraordinary Exhibition for 1852 from George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Study for the Dancing Lesson, part 2: The Minuet by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Knight and the Lady by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Opening of the Great Industrial Exhibition of All Nations, May 1 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Tom and Jerry")
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.jpg "The Morning Gossip, from The Greatest Plague of Life, 1847 by George Cruikshank")
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