George Cruikshank

Part 11

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"Scraps and Sketches," by George Cruikshank (4 parts [1828-1832] and one plate [1834] published by the Artist at 22 Myddelton [also spelt Myddleton] Terrace, Pentonville. In 1830 George Cruikshank writes that "Scraps and Sketches" "is the third work which I have published on my own account"), 35-36, $37$, 39, 51, 111-112, 116, 143, $163$, 172, 204, 212, 215-216, 223.

Sellis, 140.

Seymour, Jane, 90.

Shakespeare, William, 183-184, 187-188. See _First_, _Life_, _Juliet_, Royal Academy, 1853, 1867.

Shakespeare's Cliff, 107, 108. _See_ Distant.

Sheppard, Jack, $79$, $80$ _See_ Jack.

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Butler (born Sept. 1751, died 7 July 1816), 15. _See_ Impostor.

Sheringham, Lieut. John, 95.

Sir Frizzle Pumpkin. _See_ Adventures of Sir.

"Sir Lionel Flamstead, a Sketch," by W. Harrison Ainsworth, identical with "The Old London Merchant, a Fragment," which was Ainsworth's contribution to "The Pic Nic Papers. By Various Hands. Edited by Charles Dickens, Esq.... With illustrations by George Cruikshank, Phiz, &c. In three volumes" (London: Henry Colburn, 1841), 93.

"Sketches by 'Boz,' illustrative of every-day life, and every-day people" (3 vols., London: John Macrone, 1836, 1837. Many of the illustrations were enlarged and re-etched for the edition, complete in one vol., published by Chapman & Hall in 1839, and issued in 20 numbers), 99-100, $101$, $105$, 112.

Sleap, Joseph, 35.

"Slice (A) of Bread and Butter, Cut by G. Cruikshank. Being the substance of a speech delivered at a public meeting, held for the benefit of the Jews' and General Literary and Mechanics' Institute" (London: William Tweedie), 59.

Smirke, Robert (painter, born 1752, died 5 Jan. 1845; the date of his illustrations of "Gil Blas" is 1809), 199.

Smith, Albert, 39.

Smith, Egerton. _See_ Elysium, Melange.

Smith, Horace (born 1779, died 1849). _See_ Rejected.

Smith, James (born 1775, died 1839). _See_ Rejected.

Smoking, 58, 59. See _Tobacco_.

Smollett, Tobias, 90, 184, 188, 191. _See_ Illustrations of Smollett.

_Sober (The) Man's Sunday, and the Drunkard's Sunday._ _See_ Royal Academy, 1859.

Socrates, 180, $181$.

"Songs, Naval and National, of the late Charles Dibdin, with a memoir and addenda collected and arranged by Thomas Dibdin, with characteristic sketches by George Cruikshank" (London: John Murray, 1841), 175, $245$.

Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London, W. C., 70, 108, 119, 160.

South Kensington Museum (=Victoria and Albert Museum), collection of George Cruikshank's work, $13$, 111, 112, $113$. See _Christian_, _First_, Lilla, Original, Palace, Ruskin.

"Specimens of German Romance, selected and translated [by G. Soane] from various authors. In three volumes" (London: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1826), 151 (E. T. W. Hoffmann, _q. v._).

Spencer, Walter, 107.

Spielmann, Marion H. (F.S.A.), $120$.

Stays. See R_[egen]t._

Steel, 192, 236.

Stephens, Frederic G. (author of "A Memoir of George Cruikshank," to which is added Thackeray's Essay "On the Genius of George Cruikshank," London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1891), 32, 93.

Stewart, John, 66.

"Stop Thief; or, Hints to Housekeepers to Prevent Housebreaking. By George Cruikshank" (London: Bradbury & Evans, 1851. G. and R. Cruikshank assisted in the embellishment of Lieut. Col. Baron De Berenger's "Helps and Hints How to Protect Life and Property" [London: T. Hurst, 1835]), 58.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. _See_ Uncle.

_Striking Effects Produced by Lines and Dots for the assistance of young Draftsmen_ (2 etchings published respectively 4 Aug. 1817 and 23 Sept. 1817 by S. W. Fores. In the same year G. Blackman, 362 Oxford St, London, published 2 more etchings by George Cruikshank entitled _Twelve Subjects formed by Dots and Lines_ [pub. 14 June] and _Nine Subjects formed by Dots and Lines_ [pub 19 July]. To George Cruikshank is also attributed an etching entitled _Another Series formed of Lines and Dots_), 243.

"Stubb's Calendar; or, the Fatal Boots," 196.

"Sunday in London. Illustrated in fourteen cuts, by George Cruikshank, and a few words by a friend of his; with a copy of Sir Andrew Agnew's Bill" (London: Effingham Wilson, 1833; the friend in the title is John Wight), 51, 99.

Sussex, Duke of. _See_ Augustus, Illustrations of Popular.

Syntax, Dr., 71. _See_ Life of Napoleon.

"Table (The) Book." _See_ Every-Day.

"Tales of Irish Life, illustrative of the manners, customs and conditions of the people, by I. Whitty" (2 vols., London: J. Robins & Co., 1824), 93.

"Talpa: or the Chronicles of a Clay Farm. An Agricultural Fragment. By C. W. H." (London: Reeve & Co., 1852. The author is C. W. Hoskyns), 208.

_Tam o' Shanter_. _See_ Royal Academy, 1852.

Temperance, 48, 49, 52 _et seq._, 247 George Cruikshank's "Last temperance piece" was _The Last Half Hour_ in S. C. Hall's "An Old Story" (1875). _See_ Bottle, Drunkard, Drunkard's, Glass, Oil, Worship.

Tenniel, Sir John, 176.

Thackeray, William Makepeace (born 18 July 1811, died 23 or 24 Dec. 1863), 1, 25, 69, 78 196, 231-232. _See_ Stephens, Frederic G.

Thames, 78.

Thistlewood, Arthur (born 1770, hanged 1 May 1820), 3, 35.

Thompson, Alice. _See_ Meynell, Mrs Alice.

Thompson, John (wood-engraver, born 25 May 1785, died 20 Feb. 1866. At the Paris Exhibition of 1855, he was awarded the grand medal of honour for wood-engraving. He engraved the cuts for "Mornings at Bow Street" and "The Beauties of Washington Irving," &c.), 126, 129, 162, 239. _See_ True.

Thomson, James, 11.

Thornhill, Sir James (Hogarth's father-in-law), 78.

"Three Courses and a Dessert. The Decorations by George Cruikshank" (London: Vizetelly, Branston & Co., 1830. The author is W. Clarke), 215.

"Three (The) Cruikshanks. A Bibliographical Catalogue, describing more than 500 works ... illustrated by Isaac, George, and Robert Cruikshank, compiled by Frederick Marchmont.... The introduction by Julian Moore, with illustrations" (London: W. T. Spencer, 1897. A useful book. Prices are appended, which should not in some instances be paid by the collector who has time to look about him. The frontispiece, reproducing George Cruikshank's oil-painting _A Mother's Love_, reminds one of William Blake's drawing in sepia of a mother discovering her child in an eagle's nest).

Time. _See_ Illustrations of Time.

Titian (=Tiziano Vecellio), 2, 69.

Tobacco (The most interesting anti-tobacco publication associated with George Cruikshank is "What Put My Pipe Out; or, Incidents in the Life of a Clergyman," published in London by S. W. Partridge, 1862), 58, 59.

"Tom Thumb; a Burletta, altered from Henry Fielding, by Kane O'Hara. With Designs by George Cruikshank" (London: Thomas Rodd, 1830), 156 (where Ruskin may be supposed by anyone who thinks, as I do not, that he was incapable of a _lapsus calami_, to refer to the designs for this volume).

"Topsail-Sheet Blocks, or, The Naval Foundling. By 'The Old Sailor'" (3 vols., London: Richard Bentley, 1838, the author is M. H. Barker), 95.

Tothill Fields, $87$.

"Tower (The) of London," by William Harrison Ainsworth (13 parts, the last 2 forming a double part. London: Richard Bentley, 1840), 60, 81-82, $83$, 85.

"Town Talk, or Living Manners" (5 vols., London: J. Johnson, 1811-1814. A periodical. George Cruikshank, contributed to vols. ii. [1812], iv. [1813], v. [1813]), 35.

"Travels (The) and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Illustrated with Five woodcuts by G. Cruikshank, and Twenty-two full-page curious engravings." (London: William Tegg, 1867. The author is R. E. Raspe. The Cruikshank cuts were "used before in other books," says Capt. Douglas. George Cruikshank also contributed a frontispiece to "The Surprising Travels and Adventures of the Renowned Baron Munchausen," printed and sold by Dean & Munday, Threadneedle Street, London, 1817), 219.

_Triumph (The) of Cupid_, etching in "George Cruikshank's Table-Book" (1845), 67, 223-4.

"True (The) Legend of St Dunstan and the Devil, Showing how the Horse-Shoe came to be a Charm against Witchcraft. By Edward G. Flight. With illustrations drawn by George Cruikshank and engraved by John Thompson" (London: D. Bogue, 1848), 119, $122$, $123$.

Trusler, Rev. Dr., author of "Hogarth Moralized." (For an edition of that work published by John Major in 1831, George Cruikshank engraved 4 groups of heads after Hogarth), 77.

Turpin, Dick, $75$, 77.

Twain, Mark, 234.

"Twelve Sketches illustrative of Sir Walter Scott's Demonology and Witchcraft, by George Cruikshank" (London: J. Robins & Co., 1830), 139, 147-148.

"Uncle Tom's Cabin," by Harriet Beecher Stowe (London: John Cassell, 1852), 10, 39.

"Universal (The) Songster; or Museum of Mirth: forming the most complete, extensive, and valuable collection of ancient and modern songs in the English language...." (3 vols., London: John Fairburn, 1825, 1826), 136-137.

Vaccination. See _Cow, Vaccination against_

_Vaccination against Small Pox or Mercenary and Merciless spreaders of Death and Devastation driven out of Society_ (caricature signed Cruikshank del. Published by S. W. Fores, 20 June 1808), 31.

"Vicar (The) of Wakefield," 191-192, $193$. _See_ Royal Academy, 1830.

Victoria and Albert Museum. _See_ South Kensington.

Victoria, Queen, 40, 44, 247. _See_ Original.

"Voice (The) of Humanity for the Communication and Discussion of all subjects relative to the Conduct of Man towards the Inferior Animal Creation" (London: J. Nisbet 1830 [_sic_]. The etching by Geo. Cruikshank entitled _The Knackers_ [sic] _Yard, or the Horses_ [sic] _last home_! is here _without_ the notice "Licensed for Slaughtering Horses." _The Knackers Yard_ appeared in the number for May 1831, and re-appeared in vol iii [the title-page of which is dateless], with the words "Licensed for Slaughtering Horses," added to the design. In the first state of the plate as published is the date 1831), 220.

Wardle, Col, Gwyllym Lloyd (member for Oakhampton, Devon, who, in the House of Commons, 27 Jan. 1809, made the charge against the Duke of York of implication in the misuse of money realised by the sale of commissions), 26.

Watts, George Frederick (born 1817, died 1904), 2.

"Waverley," by Sir Walter Scott, $169$, 175, 192.

Wedmore, Frederick, 100, 115.

Westminster Abbey, 86, 89.

"What Put My Pipe Out." _See_ Tobacco.

Whistler, James McNeill (born _circa_ 1835, died July 1903), 78.

White, engraver. _See_ Life in Paris. (There was a wood engraver called Henry White, a pupil of Bewick who "produced much good work, notably the illustrations for Hone's 'House that Jack Built,' 'The Matrimonial Ladder,' [_sic_] &c. _Vide_ 'Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers," revised ed. 1905).

White, Rev. James (born 1803, died 1862). _See_ Adventures of Sir.

Whittington, _See_ Dick.

Whitty, I., 93. _See_ Tales.

Wight, John. _See_ More, Mornings, Sunday.

Wilberforce, William (born 24 Aug. 1759 died 29 July 1833). See _New Union_.

Wild, Jonathan, $79$.

Wilde, Oscar, 183-184.

Willesden Churchyard, $79$.

"Windsor Castle, an Historical Romance," by W. Harrison Ainsworth (new edition, illustrated by George Cruikshank, and Tony Johannot, with designs on wood by W. Alfred Delamotte. London: Henry Colborn, 1843. The first edition, also 1843, has only 3 etchings), 89, 90, 135, $137$.

Winsor, Frederick Albert. _See_ Winzer.

Winzer (born 1763, died 11 May 1830. One of the pioneers of gas lighting and son of Friedrich Albrecht Winzer. Apparently he was named after his father, but he anglicised his name and biography knows him as Frederick Albert Winsor). 31.

'Wits (The) Magazine and Attic Miscellany' (2 vols., London: Thomas Tegg, 1818), $209$.

_Woman (The) Taken in Adultery, or Mary Magdalen_ (caricature ascribed by G. W. Reid to George Cruikshank. Published by S. W. Fores, 15 March 1809), 27.

Women, 43.

Woodward, H. 12.

Wooler, Thomas Jonathan (born 1785 or 1786, died 29 Oct. 1853, editor of "The Black Dwarf" which started 29 Jan. 1817. He was a _tall_ man), 35.

"Works (The) of George Cruikshank Classified and Arranged with References to Reid's Catalogue and their approximate values By Capt. R. J. H. Douglas, with a frontispiece" (London: printed by J. Davy & Sons, 1903. Though not quite exhaustive and with several errors this book is indispensable to the collector. It is the only bibliography which attempts to include all the artist's works to the date of his death).

"World's (The) Show, 1851, or the Adventures of Mr and Mrs Sandboys and Family, who came up to London to enjoy themselves, and to see the Great Exhibition, by Henry Mayhew and George Cruikshank" (London: David Bogue, 1851. First published in 8 parts. The title-page here quoted is the one designed by G. Cruikshank, but above the first line of text the title is as quoted on p. 44).

_Worship (The) of Bacchus_, oil-painting by George Cruikshank (1862), 65-70. _See_ Oil painting.

_Worship (The) of Bacchus, or the Drinking Customs of Society, showing how universally the intoxicating liquors are used upon every occasion in life from the cradle to the grave. The figures outlined on the steel plate by George Cruikshank and the engraving finished by Charles Mottram_ (London: William Tweedie, 1864), 65.

Wright, Thomas (M.A., F.S.A.), Author of "Caricature History of the Georges" (1867), 11.

Xantippe, $181$.

Yarmouth, The Countess of 4, 24.

Yedis, 28.

York, Duke of. _See_ Frederick.

Transcriber's Notes:

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