{"id":1785,"date":"2022-11-22T18:35:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T18:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library-dev.umbc.edu\/wp\/specialcollections\/cruikshank\/?page_id=1785"},"modified":"2022-11-22T18:35:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T18:35:07","slug":"comic-grotesque","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/cruikshank\/sketching-people\/bodily-forms-features\/comic-grotesque\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic & Grotesque"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

George Cruikshank had a way of melding the grotesque and comic together, using exaggerated features and strange hybrid forms to elicit a laugh, issue a critique, and sometimes vent his own cruel prejudices. There was no limit to Cruikshank\u2019s visual experimentation\u2013and visual punning\u2013with the body. In this collection, you will encounter clam babies, butterfly men, impossible bodies, wounded bodies, human-object hybrids, and other imaginative forms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“By pushing viewers beyond their expectations, the grotesque results in feelings of disturbance and even disgust.” <\/p>\nRachel Teukolsky, Picture World <\/em>(2020)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This section features his artwork from five different compilations of engravings: The Tooth-ache<\/em> (1975), Comic Alphabet<\/em> (1836), Omnibus<\/em> (1870); Three Courses and a Dessert<\/em> (1867), <\/em>and My Sketchbook<\/em> (1833-1836).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click on the image icons below to learn more about each sketch. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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