George Cruikshank Collection – Special Collections

Overview

Title:	George Cruikshank Collection
Call Number:	Coll315
Creator:	Cruikshank George (1792-1878)
Dates:	1792-1878
Size:	2 boxes (1.5 linear feet)
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.
Language:	English
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

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

Collection was originally arranged and described by Timothy D. Pratt on October 24, 1988 and adapted by Laurainne Ojo-Ohikuare in March 2021.

Access & Use

This collection is open for research. There are no restriced materials.

Permission is required for all reproduction requests. Copyright is maintained by the creator.

Subject Headings

Cruikshank George 1792-1878
Illustrators–Books and reading
Typography

Series Description & Container List

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Series I. Letters from George Cruikshank

Title	Date	Info
ALS	undated	View
ALS. 11.5 x 9.5 cm, full pages recto only “My dear Merle, The young gentleman’s poitics are conservative! Save the mark…”
ALS	undated	View
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…”
July 25, 1804	July 25, 1804	View
.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…”
January 12, 1828	January 12, 1828	View
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…”
May 12, 1830	May 12, 1830	View
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…”
November 22, 1830	November 22, 1830	View
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.”
May 14, 1847	May 14, 1847	View
ALS, 18.5 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, recto only with address. 088 To Tho.s MacKinly
October 21, 1854	October 21, 1854	View
ALS, 18 x 11 cm., full page recto with ink sketch on verso
November 23, 1855	November 23, 1855	View
ALS, 18.5 x 11.5 cm., full page recto with note on verso
January 18, 1856	January 18, 1856	View
ALS, 20 x 24.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, half page recto and verso To Raymond Yates
July 21, 1860	July 21, 1860	View
ALS 18 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet. hald page recto To W. Draper
August 31, 1861	August 31, 1861	View
ALS, 18 x 11 cm., 2 full pages recto only To Lieult Piglar
May 29, [1865]	May 29, [1865]	View
ALS, 18 x 11 cm., full page recto and verso
May 14, 1866	May 14, 1866	View
ALS, 18 x 22 cm., one folded sheet, full page recto To Morton Edwards
May 8, 1868	May 8, 1868	View
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 29, 1868	May 29, 1868	View
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…”
January 31, 1871	January 31, 1871	View
ALS, 18 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto and verso
September 21, 1871	September 21, 1871	View
ALS, 17.5 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto To Joseph Dear [?] am
January 4, 1873	January 4, 1873	View
ALS, 18 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, half page recto & verso To Macrae Moir
May 1873	May 1873	View
ALS, 25 x 30 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto To the Editor, regarding a statement in the daily papers about George Cruikshank
June 9, 1974	June 9, 1974	View
ALS, 18 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto To George Harris
September 22, 1874	September 22, 1874	View
ALS, 18 x 11.5 cm., full page recto and verso To Chls. Kent
November 13, 185	November 13, 185	View
ALS, 18 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, half page recto and verso To W Richardson
January 8, 1876	January 8, 1876	View
ALS, 18.5 x 22.5 cm, one folded sheet, half recto, full verso “Sir, For reply to your enquiries Distributing the Congregation…”
January 15, 1876	January 15, 1876	View
ALS, 18 x 22 cm., one unfolded sheet, half page recto and verso To Mr. Draper
May 14 , 1876	May 14 , 1876	View
ALS 17.5 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto To Fredk. Barker
May 25, 1876	May 25, 1876	View
ALS, 17.5 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto To Fredk. Barker
July 10, 1876	July 10, 1876	View
ALS, 17.5 x 22.5 cm., one unfolded sheet, full page recto

Series II: Letter to George Cruikshank

Title	Date	Box	Folder	Info
March 12, 1852	March 12, 1852			View
ALS, 22.5 x 20 cm., one folded sheet, full page recto and verso with address From J.L. Mahon, Bookseller, Market Place

Series III: Manuscripts and Drawings by Cruikshank

Title	Date	Info
ANS	undated	View
18 x 11 cm. “Not by me GC” written on an illustrated state lottery broadside
AMss and sketch	undated	View
20 x 25.5 cm. Notes and sketches of heads done in ink on a printed letter dated December 6, 1862
AMS	undated	View
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…”
Sketch in pencil	undated	View
19 x 22 cm. Pencil note with sketches of faces
Sketch in pencil	undated	View
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
Sketch in ink, signed	undated	View
23 x 17 cm Diamond shaped object with the letters “ABC” written on it
Watercolor drawing, signed	undated	View
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
“My Sketch book” of Geo Cruikshank	1833-1836
Bound Book of George Cruikshank illustrations	undated

Series IV: Drawing of Cruikshank

Title	Date	Box	Folder	Info
Sketch in pencil by Francis Nabus	November 25, 1912			View
17 x 12.5 cm. Entitled “George Cruikshank. A fifty years recollection. Nov. 25- 1912”