Chapter 5

Caricatures of Robert Cruikshank.--Forgotten, and why.--Artistic Training--"The Mother's Girl Plucking a Crow, or German Flesh and English Spirit."--"The Horse Marine and his Trumpeter in a Squall."--Queer Fashions of the early part of the Century.--Thackeray's Difficulty.--Caricatures on the "Dandies" of 1818.--Robert and his Fellow-Caricaturists ridicule the sham "Corinthians" and "Corinthian Kates" of their day.--Hollow Pretensions of the "Dandies."--"The Dandy Dressing at Home" and "The Dandy Dressed."--"A Dandyess."--Robert's Satires on the "Dandies" of 1819.--"The Mysterious Fair One, or the Royal Introduction to the Circassian Beauty."--Other Caricatures of his of 1819.--His Satires on the Trial of Queen Caroline.--His Caricatures of 1821.--Duel between the Dukes of Bedford and Buckingham.--Other Satires by him in 1822.--Interference of Louis XVIII. in Spanish Affairs.--Robert's Satires on Louis and his Son.--"The Golden Ball."--Other Caricatures by Robert in 1823.--The Tenth Hussars.--Maria Foote and "Pea-green Hayne."--Other satires by Robert in 1824.--Colonel Fitz-Bastard and Mr. Judge.--Cox _v._ Kean.--Sir Walter Scott.--"The Living Skeleton."--Popple and Stockdale.--Other Subjects of 1825.--"Cruikshankiana." _pp._ 89-108.