George Cruikshank

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George Cruikshank was a prominent 19th-century British caricaturist and book illustrator known for his satirical political cartoons and illustrations for authors such as Charles Dickens.

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instanceOf British caricaturist
book illustrator
person
political cartoonist
activeYearsEnd 1870s
activeYearsStart 1810
birthDate 1792-09-27
birthPlace London, England
burialPlace St Paul’s Cathedral, London
linked to: St Paul's Cathedral
causeOfDeath respiratory illness
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1878-02-01
deathPlace London, England
father Isaac Cruikshank
fieldOfWork book illustration
political cartooning
satirical art
genre caricature
satire
illustratedFor Charles Dickens
Grimm brothers
linked to: Brothers Grimm

William Harrison Ainsworth
influenced John Leech
Punch magazine cartoonists
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Romanticism
Victorian art
name George Cruikshank
nationality British
notableFor book illustrations
collaboration with Charles Dickens
satirical political cartoons
notableWork Illustrations for Oliver Twist
Illustrations for Sketches by Boz
The Bottle
The Drunkard’s Children
occupation caricaturist
illustrator
printmaker
politicalAlignment reformist
sibling Robert Cruikshank
spouse Eliza Widdison
Mary Ann Walker
workedOn German Popular Stories
Life in London
Oliver Twist
Sketches by Boz
The Comic Almanack

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Bentley's Miscellany illustratedBy George Cruikshank
Oliver Twist hasIllustrationsBy George Cruikshank
Hablot Knight Browne influencedBy George Cruikshank
Jack Sheppard (1839 novel) illustrator George Cruikshank
Cruickshank hasNotableBearer George Cruikshank
Sketches by Boz illustrator George Cruikshank
Sketches by Boz hasIllustrationsBy George Cruikshank
George Cruikshank name George Cruikshank