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 "The King of Rome, 1814 - Cartoon Showing Napoleon and His Son, Napoleon II, Roi de Rome by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Mr. Weazel Renews an Old Friendship 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 "Plate IV, Unable to Obtain Employment They Are Driven by Poverty into the Streets to Beg by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Tom & Jerry sporting their blunt... 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 "The \"Bloomers\" in Hyde Park, or an Extraordinary Exhibition for 1852 from George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Tom, Jerry and Logic at the Grand Carnival, 1821 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Mr John Bull in a Quandary or the Anticipated effects of the Railway Calls, pub. 1845 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Jew and Morris Bosle Begin to Understand Each Other by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Edmund Kean as Richard III by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Mr. Kean in the Character of Richard the Third by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Oliver is collected and cared for by Mr. Brownlow and his housekeeper Mrs. Bedwin - Oliver recovering from the fever - Illustration for \"Oliver Twist\" by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Anecdotes: Proof by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "A Swarm of English Bees Hiving in the Imperial Carriage!! A Scene at the London Museum by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Elgin Marbles by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Tom and Jerry in the Saloon at Covent Garden, from Life in London by Pierce Egan, 1821 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "A New Way to Enforce an Argument!!!!, published May 3 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Bottle, Plate I, The bottle is produced for the first time: the husband induces his wife Just to take a drop, 1847 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Master B, Finding things not exactly what he expected by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The First Appearance of William Shakespeare on the Stage of the Globe Theatre by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Dancing Lesson, Part 2: The Minuet by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Head Ache by George Cruikshank")
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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 "A Visit to Cockney Farm - Viewing the Grounds etc., pub. 1835 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Tall, Thin, Pale Person, c1900 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Logierian system, or unveiling the new light to ye musical world!!With the discovery of a general thoro base bass discord in the old school-, pub. 1818 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Inconveniences of a Crowded Drawing Room by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Fashionables of 1818 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "A Visit to Cockney Farm - Viewing the Grounds etc., pub. 1835 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Tom, Jerry & Logic Tasting Wine, Life in London, etc., by Pierce Egan by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Some of the Drolleries of the Great Exhibition, 1851 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Death Warrant by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Piccadilly during the Great Exhibition by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Nancy and Sikes Kidnap Oliver in the Streets - Oliver Claimed by His Affectionate Friends - Illustration for")
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.jpg "Crinolina - and the Consequences by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens by George Cruikshank")
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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 "The Rights of Women, or the Effects of Female Enfranchisement, pub. 1853 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "All The World Going To See The Great Exhibition of 1851, from 1851 or The Adventures of Mr & Mrs Sandboys and family who came up to London to enjoy themselves and to see the Great Exhibition by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "September - Over-Boarded and Under-Lodged from George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Inconveniences of a Crowded Drawing Room by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Oliver Twist at Mrs Maylie")
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.jpg "Mr. B promoted to Lieutenant, and first putting on his uniform, from The Progress of a Midshipman by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Massacre of Peterloo, or Britons Strike Home, 1819 by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "Nearly worried to death by the Greatest Plague of Life by George Cruikshank")
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.jpg "The Dispersion of the Works of all Nations from the Great Exhibition of 1851, 1851 by George Cruikshank")
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