{"id":1779,"date":"2022-11-22T18:32:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T18:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library-dev.umbc.edu\/wp\/specialcollections\/cruikshank\/?page_id=1779"},"modified":"2022-11-22T18:32:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T18:32:16","slug":"class-stratification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/cruikshank\/sketching-people\/life-in-london\/class-stratification\/","title":{"rendered":"Class Stratification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this collection of engravings, Cruikshank displays the stark class stratification that characterized London during the age of industrialization. As you explore this section, you\u2019ll notice that many of George Cruikshank\u2019s illustrations of class have a discernible bourgeois bias. Working class subjects are typically illustrated within the context of receiving some sort of charitable good or service from either civil society organizations or bourgeois individuals. Likewise, bourgeois and aristocratic subjects are typically shown in relation to performing (or not performing) acts of charity for working class subjects and are presented either positively or negatively based on their willingness to help those beneath them in the class hierarchy of nineteenth century Britain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples of the glorification of bourgeois charity can be seen in \u201cThe Little Chimney Sweep\u201d and the \u201cRagged School Union\u201d sketches. Meanwhile, \u201cThe Pauper Family and Foolman\u201d clearly shames its aristocratic subject for his unwillingness to help the poor family at his door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Other depictions of class in this section, such as \u201cAdmiral Van Trump\u2019s Duel\u201d and \u201cGin-temple turn-out at Church-time\u201d present members of the aristocratic and working classes engaging behaviors that the ascendant bourgeois class deemed offensive and harmful, such as dueling or excessive drinking. While members of the aristocracy are usually portrayed wearing wigs and colorful coats, Cruikshank etches tattered or drab clothing to denote working class status. The class markers (and stereotypes) are made obvious through dress, posture, facial features and environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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