Overview
| Title: | George Cruikshank Collection |
| Call Number: | Coll315 |
| Creator: | Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) |
| Dates: | 1792-1878 |
| Size: | 2 boxes (1.5 linear feet) |
| 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). |
Administrative/Biographical Note
George Cuikshank (September 27, 1792- Februrary 1, 18780 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).
Scope & Content
Arrangement
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
Provenance Information
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Processing Note
Collection was originally arranged and described by Timothy D. Pratt on October 24, 1988 and adapted by Laurainne Ojo-Ohikuare in March 2021.
Descriptive Rules Used
Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)
Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015)
Access & Use
Finding Aids
Finding aid available.
Access Conditions
This collection is open for research. There are no restriced materials.
Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use
Permission is required for all reproduction requests. Copyright is maintained by the creator.
Subject Headings
Creators
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Subjects
Illustrators–Books and reading
Typography
Series Description & Container List
Series I. Letters from George Cruikshank
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| ALS
ALS. 11.5 x 9.5 cm, full pages recto only
“My dear Merle, The young gentleman’s poitics are conservative! Save the mark…” |
undated | 1 | 1 | Description |
| ALS
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…” |
undated | 1 | 2 | Description |
| July 25, 1804
.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…” |
July 25, 1804 | 1 | 3 | Description |
| January 12, 1828
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…” |
January 12, 1828 | 1 | 4 | Description |
| May 12, 1830
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…” |
May 12, 1830 | 1 | 5 | Description |
| November 22, 1830
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.” |
November 22, 1830 | 1 | 6 | Description |
| May 14, 1847
ALS, 18.5 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, recto only with address. 088
To Tho.s MacKinly |
May 14, 1847 | 1 | 7 | Description |
| October 21, 1854
ALS, 18 x 11 cm., full page recto with ink sketch on verso
|
October 21, 1854 | 1 | 8 | Description |
| November 23, 1855
ALS, 18.5 x 11.5 cm., full page recto with note on verso
|
November 23, 1855 | 1 | 9 | Description |
| January 18, 1856
ALS, 20 x 24.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, half page recto and verso
To Raymond Yates |
January 18, 1856 | 1 | 10 | Description |
| July 21, 1860
ALS 18 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet. hald page recto
To W. Draper |
July 21, 1860 | 1 | 11 | Description |
| August 31, 1861
ALS, 18 x 11 cm., 2 full pages recto only
To Lieult Piglar |
August 31, 1861 | 1 | 12 | Description |
| May 29, [1865]
ALS, 18 x 11 cm., full page recto and verso
|
May 29, [1865] | 1 | 13 | Description |
| May 14, 1866
ALS, 18 x 22 cm., one folded sheet, full page recto
To Morton Edwards |
May 14, 1866 | 1 | 14 | Description |
| May 8, 1868
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…” |
May 8, 1868 | 1 | 15 | Description |
| May 29, 1868
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…” |
May 29, 1868 | 1 | 16 | Description |
| January 31, 1871
ALS, 18 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto and verso
|
January 31, 1871 | 1 | 17 | Description |
| September 21, 1871
ALS, 17.5 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto
To Joseph Dear [?] am |
September 21, 1871 | 1 | 18 | Description |
| January 4, 1873
ALS, 18 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, half page recto & verso
To Macrae Moir |
January 4, 1873 | 1 | 19 | Description |
| May 1873
ALS, 25 x 30 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto
To the Editor, regarding a statement in the daily papers about George Cruikshank |
May 1873 | 1 | 20 | Description |
| June 9, 1974
ALS, 18 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto
To George Harris |
June 9, 1974 | 1 | 21 | Description |
| September 22, 1874
ALS, 18 x 11.5 cm., full page recto and verso
To Chls. Kent |
September 22, 1874 | 1 | 22 | Description |
| November 13, 185
ALS, 18 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, half page recto and verso
To W Richardson |
November 13, 185 | 1 | 23 | Description |
| January 8, 1876
ALS, 18.5 x 22.5 cm, one folded sheet, half recto, full verso
“Sir, For reply to your enquiries Distributing the Congregation…” |
January 8, 1876 | 1 | 24 | Description |
| January 15, 1876
ALS, 18 x 22 cm., one unfolded sheet, half page recto and verso
To Mr. Draper |
January 15, 1876 | 1 | 25 | Description |
| May 14 , 1876
ALS 17.5 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto
To Fredk. Barker |
May 14 , 1876 | 1 | 26 | Description |
| May 25, 1876
ALS, 17.5 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto
To Fredk. Barker |
May 25, 1876 | 1 | 27 | Description |
| July 10, 1876
ALS, 17.5 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto
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July 10, 1876 | 1 | 28 | Description |
Series II: Letter to George Cruikshank
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| March 12, 1852
ALS, 22.5 x 20 cm., one folded sheet, full page recto and verso with address
From J.L. Mahon, Bookseller, Market Place |
March 12, 1852 | 1 | 29 | Description |
Series III: Manuscripts and Drawings by Cruikshank
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| ANS
18 x 11 cm.
“Not by me GC” written on an illustrated state lottery broadside |
undated | 1 | 30 | Description |
| AMss and sketch
20 x 25.5 cm.
Notes and sketches of heads done in ink on a printed letter dated December 6, 1862 |
undated | 1 | 31 | Description |
| AMS
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…” |
undated | 1 | 32 | Description |
| Sketch in pencil
19 x 22 cm.
Pencil note with sketches of faces |
undated | 1 | 33 | Description |
| Sketch in pencil
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 |
undated | 1 | 34 | Description |
| Sketch in ink, signed
23 x 17 cm
Diamond shaped object with the letters “ABC” written on it |
undated | 1 | 35 | Description |
| Watercolor drawing, signed
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 |
undated | 1 | 36 | Description |
| “My Sketch book” of Geo Cruikshank | 1833-1836 | 2 | 1 | |
| Bound Book of George Cruikshank illustrations | undated | 2 | 2 |
Series IV: Drawing of Cruikshank
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| Sketch in pencil by Francis Nabus
17 x 12.5 cm.
Entitled “George Cruikshank. A fifty years recollection. Nov. 25- 1912” |
November 25, 1912 | 1 | 37 | Description |