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Wood engraving published in Harper's Weekly newspaper March 16, 1878]]George Cruikshank ( September 27 , 1792 — February 1 , 1878 ) was an English Caricaturist and book illustrator. Born in London , he was a member of the Cruikshank family of caricaturists and artists, the son of Scottish painter and caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank . SOCIAL CARICATURES AND ILLUSTRATIONS Cruikshank's early career was renowned for his social caricatures of English life for popular publications such as ''The Comic Almanack'' (1835-1853) and ''Omnibus'' (1842) but later in his career, his book illustrations for Charles Dickens and many other authors reached an international audience. He created folios of prints with moralistic themes inspired by the temperance movement. The best known of these are ''The Bottle'', 8 plates (1847), with its sequel, ''The Drunkard's Children'', 8 plates (1848), with the ambitious work, ''The Worship of Bacchus'', published by subscription after the artist's oil painting, now in the National Gallery, London . For Charles Dickens , Cruikshank illustrated '' Sketches By Boz '' (1836) and '' Oliver Twist '' (1838). On December 30, 1871 Cruikshank published a letter in ''The Times'' which claimed credit for much of the plot of ''Oliver Twist''. The letter launched a fierce controversy around who created the work. While Dickens was the author, Cruikshank developed many ideas like those that appeared in the book and it is difficult -- if not impossible -- to distinguish his concepts from those of Dickens, which were developed at the same time. POLITICAL CARICATURES | ||
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| Image:1850-g-cruikshank-crinoline-parodypng"A Splendid Spread", Early Satire On The | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/1850s_in_fashion" class="copylinks">Crinoline from ''The Comic Almanack'' for 1850 |
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