| Title: | George Cruikshank collection |
| Call Number: | Coll315 |
| Creator: | Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) |
| Dates: | 1792-1878 |
| Size: | 1.5 linear feet (1 document box and 1 flat box) |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | George Cruikshank was a celebrated 19th century British book illustrator, famous for his vivid characterizations. His drawings illustrated the works of many noted authors, including Charles Dickens. |
| Citation: | George Cruikshank Collection, Collection 315, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD). |
George Cuikshank (September 27, 1792- Februrary 1, 1878) was born in London, England. His father, Isaac Cruikshank, was one of the leading caricaturists of the 1790s and George worked as his father's apprentice and assistant. George's brother, Isaac Robert, also followed in his father's footsteps as a caricaturist and illustrator. George Cruikshank started to focus on book illustrations. His illustrations range from his first major work, Egans Life in London to Dickens' Oliver Twist. After 1850, Cruikshank's focus changed to his obsession with temperance and anti-smoking. Cruikshank developed palsy later in his life and his work declined in quality. Cruikshank died in 1878. (Bibliography based on Albert Cohn's George Cruikshank: A Catalogue Raisonne).
The Cruikshank manuscripts are arranged as follows: Series I: Letters from George Cruikshank Series II: Letters to George Cruikshank Series III: Manuscripts and Drawings by George Cruikshank Series IV: Drawings of George Cruikshank
Collection was originally arranged and described by Timothy D. Pratt on October 24, 1988 and adapted by Laurainne Ojo-Ohikuare in March 2021.
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Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)
Illustrators--Books and reading
Typography
Date: 1804-1876
Extent: 28 Letters
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| ALS | undated | 1 | 1 | Description |
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ALS. 11.5 x 9.5 cm, full pages recto only.
"My dear Merle, The young gentleman's poitics are conservative! Save the mark..."
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| ALS | undated | 1 | 2 | Description |
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8 x 11 cm. full page, recto and verso, ALS, 18.5 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, recto
only with address..
To White, Esq., Chadwell, requesting him to send a drawing "...in which Glum and
Thumb are introduced as I wish to compare the figures withthe ones I have..."
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| July 25, 1804 | July 25, 1804 | 1 | 3 | Description |
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.22 cm, one unfolded sheet, full page, ALS, 17.5 x 11. 5 cm, full page recto and verso.
"Dear Mr. Dorset, Bee so good as to put the amount of ...Wilkens annual subscription..."
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| January 12, 1828 | January 12, 1828 | 1 | 4 | Description |
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ALS, 18.5 x 11.5 cm., full page recto.
"My dear Sir, I fear we shall not be able to do ourselves the pleasure of joining
your party tomorrow..."
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| May 12, 1830 | May 12, 1830 | 1 | 5 | Description |
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ALS, 20 x 16 cm., full page recto.
To W. Jordan stating, "The printer having disappointed me, I am unable to send you
a copy..."
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| November 22, 1830 | November 22, 1830 | 1 | 6 | Description |
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ALS, 19 x 23 cm, one unfolded sheet, full page recto, half verso.
To W. Robins "...I will rely upon you of course to see what the quotations are
correct."
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| May 14, 1847 | May 14, 1847 | 1 | 7 | Description |
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ALS, 18.5 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, recto only with address. 088.
To Tho.s MacKinly
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| October 21, 1854 | October 21, 1854 | 1 | 8 | Description |
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ALS, 18 x 11 cm., full page recto with ink sketch on verso.
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| November 23, 1855 | November 23, 1855 | 1 | 9 | Description |
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ALS, 18.5 x 11.5 cm., full page recto with note on verso.
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| January 18, 1856 | January 18, 1856 | 1 | 10 | Description |
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ALS, 20 x 24.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, half page recto and verso.
To Raymond Yates
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| July 21, 1860 | July 21, 1860 | 1 | 11 | Description |
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ALS 18 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet. hald page recto.
To W. Draper
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| August 31, 1861 | August 31, 1861 | 1 | 12 | Description |
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ALS, 18 x 11 cm., 2 full pages recto only.
To Lieult Piglar
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| May 29, [1865] | May 29, [1865] | 1 | 13 | Description |
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ALS, 18 x 11 cm., full page recto and verso.
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| May 14, 1866 | May 14, 1866 | 1 | 14 | Description |
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ALS, 18 x 22 cm., one folded sheet, full page recto.
To Morton Edwards
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| May 8, 1868 | May 8, 1868 | 1 | 15 | Description |
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ALS, 17.5 x 22 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto.
To Wm Hicks "I find that the 'Literary Fund' dinner is to take play on Wednesday
the 16th..."
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| May 29, 1868 | May 29, 1868 | 1 | 16 | Description |
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ALS, 18 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto, half page verso.
To Capt. J. Cruikshank Roger "Lieult. Irvine has seen the adjutant who refuses to
resign..."
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| January 31, 1871 | January 31, 1871 | 1 | 17 | Description |
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ALS, 18 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto and verso.
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| September 21, 1871 | September 21, 1871 | 1 | 18 | Description |
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ALS, 17.5 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto.
To Joseph Dear [?] am
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| January 4, 1873 | January 4, 1873 | 1 | 19 | Description |
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ALS, 18 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, half page recto & verso.
To Macrae Moir
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| May 1873 | May 1873 | 1 | 20 | Description |
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ALS, 25 x 30 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto.
To the Editor, regarding a statement in the daily papers about George Cruikshank
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| June 9, 1974 | June 9, 1974 | 1 | 21 | Description |
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ALS, 18 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto.
To George Harris
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| September 22, 1874 | September 22, 1874 | 1 | 22 | Description |
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ALS, 18 x 11.5 cm., full page recto and verso.
To Chls. Kent
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| November 13, 185 | November 13, 185 | 1 | 23 | Description |
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ALS, 18 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, half page recto and verso.
To W Richardson
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| January 8, 1876 | January 8, 1876 | 1 | 24 | Description |
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ALS, 18.5 x 22.5 cm, one folded sheet, half recto, full verso.
"Sir, For reply to your enquiries Distributing the Congregation..."
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| January 15, 1876 | January 15, 1876 | 1 | 25 | Description |
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ALS, 18 x 22 cm., one unfolded sheet, half page recto and verso.
To Mr. Draper
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| May 14 , 1876 | May 14 , 1876 | 1 | 26 | Description |
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ALS 17.5 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto.
To Fredk. Barker
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| May 25, 1876 | May 25, 1876 | 1 | 27 | Description |
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ALS, 17.5 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto.
To Fredk. Barker
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| July 10, 1876 | July 10, 1876 | 1 | 28 | Description |
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ALS, 17.5 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto.
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Date: 1852-1852
Extent: 1 letter
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| March 12, 1852 | March 12, 1852 | 1 | 29 | Description |
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ALS, 22.5 x 20 cm., one folded sheet, full page recto and verso with address.
From J.L. Mahon, Bookseller, Market Place
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Date: 1833-1836, undated
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| ANS | undated | 1 | 30 | Description |
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18 x 11 cm..
"Not by me GC" written on an illustrated state lottery broadside
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| AMss and sketch | undated | 1 | 31 | Description |
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20 x 25.5 cm..
Notes and sketches of heads done in ink on a printed letter dated December 6, 1862
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| AMS | undated | 1 | 32 | Description |
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18 x 11.5 cm., full page recto and verso.
Manuscript by Cruikshank starting "The Fairy Library- Jack and the Beanstalk 8 subjects-
6 Plates..."
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| Sketch in pencil | undated | 1 | 33 | Description |
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19 x 22 cm..
Pencil note with sketches of faces
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| Sketch in pencil | undated | 1 | 34 | Description |
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11 x 13 cm..
Pencil sketch of foot and of a group of people on a fragment of a printed letter
dated April 11, 1860
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| Sketch in ink, signed | undated | 1 | 35 | Description |
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23 x 17 cm.
Diamond shaped object with the letters "ABC" written on it
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| Watercolor drawing, signed | undated | 1 | 36 | Description |
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20.5 x 13 cm..
Original water color for "Rambles in the Footsteps of Don Quixote," by H.D. Inglis,
London, 1837 --used as the frontispiece
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| "My Sketch book" of Geo Cruikshank | 1833-1836 | 2 | 1 | |
| Bound Book of George Cruikshank illustrations | undated | 2 | 2 | |
Date: 1912-1912
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| Sketch in pencil by Francis Nabus | November 25, 1912 | 1 | 37 | Description |
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17 x 12.5 cm..
Entitled "George Cruikshank. A fifty years recollection. Nov. 25- 1912"
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