George CruikshankEnglish, 1792–1878Drawing
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Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
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About the work
This watercolour sketch is by the graphic artist George Cruikshank (1792-1878), the London-born son of the Scottish painter Isaac Cruikshank (1764-1811). Cruikshank worked in his father's studio and was a talented artist from an early age. He became a prolific artist of political cartoons after 1808 but despite his success in this field, from the 1820s onwards he became more involved in book illustration. His best-known illustration was probably that for Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, first published in journal form in 1837.
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The Ingoldsby Legends by Richard Harris Barham, a priest at the Chapel Royal, were first printed in 1837 as a regular series in Bentley's Miscellany and later in New Monthly Magazine, with illustrations by George Cruikshank and John Leech. They were a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington manor, and proved so popular that they were compiled into books published in 1840 and 1843.
Victoria and Albert Museum
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- S.78-1982
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