Cruikshank Blog
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Dental House of Horrors: The toothache realised by George Cruikshank
Have you ever felt immense pain that no matter what it cannot be fixed? Trust George Cruikshank to take a stab at your pain.
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Collaboration Conflicts: The Drama With Dickens
George Cruikshank and Charles Dickens’ relationship was positive and fruitful for a long time until Dickens got a bee in his bonnet
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Flipping the World on its Head: George Cruikshank’s Illustrations of Satire and Victorian Science
Flipping the world on its head, one Ourang Outang and Bird at a time.
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Female Fashionistas of the Victorian Era
How is fashion from the Victorian era depicted in George Cruikshank’s sketch book?
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Performative Science: George Cruikshank & Phrenology
How did George Cruikshank view doctors who were proponents of pseudoscience?
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Teetotalism: George Cruikshank’s Anti-Alcohol Advertisements
How did George Cruikshank use illustrations to advocate for teetotalism and why did he think it was necessary?
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The Funny and the Serious: George Cruikshank as a Caricaturist and a Naturalist
George Cruikshank drew more than caricatures and cartoons.
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Obesity and Class in George Cruikshank’s Illustrations
Nineteenth-Century caricaturists often drew bodies in different sizes. How did Cruikshank’s sketches link body size with class and gender?
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Fox, Geese, and Snake Oil Salesmen: George Cruikshank’s Critique of Pseudo-Doctors
Through the use of personified animals, George Cruikshank critiques the practices of Snake Oil Salesmen and other Pseudo-Doctors in 19th-century Britain.
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