George Cruikshank, 1792-1878

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Biographical Materials

• Biography
• Grave in Kensal Green Cemetery

Literary Relations

• Dickens and Cruikshank
• Dickens's "Frauds on the Fairies," a criticism of Cruikshank

Works

• "Unwelcome Intruders" (Moore's Annals of Gallantry, 1814
• "Oliver's Reception by Fagin and the Boys" (Oliver Twist, 1846
• "Dick Turpin's Ride to York" (Ainsworth's Rookwood, 1846
• "Sheppard Visiting His Mother in Bedlam" (Ainsworth's Jack Sheppard, 1839
• "Public Dinners," from Sketches by Boz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1836.
• "Private Theatres," from Dickens's Sketches by Boz
• "Mr. John Dounce at the Oyster-Shop," from Sketches by Boz
• "Greenwich Fair," from Sketches by Boz
• "Our Next-Door Neighbour," from Sketches by Boz
• "The Parish Engine," from Sketches by Boz
• "The Poor Clerk," from Sketches by Boz
• "The Gin Shop," from Sketches by Boz. London: Chapman & Hall, 1915. P. 10.
• King George IV as the Prince of Wales from William Hone, The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder, 1820
• King George IV , 1820
• "I perceived him loosening my shadow" from Chamisso's Peter Schlemihl, 1866 edition

Bibliography

• George Cruikshank. Intro. William Feaver. Exhibition catalogue. London: Arts Council, 1974.
• Johnson, E. D. H. "George Cruikshank: The Collection at Princeton." Princeton University Library Chronicle. 25 (1973): 1-33.
• Kubiak, Richard. George Cruikshank: Printmaker (1792-1878). Exhibition catalogue. Santa Barbara Museum of Art: Santa Barbara, 1978.

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Last modified21 December 2008