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George Cruikshank

George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878) was active/lived in United Kingdom.  George Cruikshank is known for Illustration, caricature.

George Cruikshank was born in London as son of Isaac Cruikshank one of the leading caricaturists of the late 1790s. George first worked under his father's tutelage as his apprentice and assistant and his early career would be defined by socio-political caricatures. On the death of James Gilray in 1815, Cruikshank became England's most popular satirist and for the next decade he irreverently caricatured the political policies of the Tories and the Whigs and found ample inspiration in the royal family. Indeed, it is reported that in June 1820, King George IV, having lost patience with the artist, paid him £100 'not to caricature His Majesty in any immoral situation.'In the early 1820s Cruikshank began to work on illustrations and it is estimated that he worked on more than 850 books. He is famed for working closely with his friend Charles Dickens, however in the context of the current lot, his most significant commission was for the first English translation (b   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3651 characters.]  Artist bio

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