Guide to the Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection
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Guide to the Title: Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
University of California, Los Angeles
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection
Creator:
Various
Repository:
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
For publication information, please contact Susan Shin, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, schin@hammer.ucla.edu
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA. [Item credit line, if given]
Biography
George Cruikshank (1792-1878) was a popular nineteenth-century British artist, widely recognized for his work as a caricaturist
and book illustrator. George and his elder brother Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856) learned the craft of design, collaboration,
and printmaking from their father, the noted caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank (1748-1811). George Cruikshank was also greatly
influenced by predecessor William Hogarth (1697-1764) and early contemporaries Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) and James Gillray
(1757-1815).
George Cruikshank's lengthy career spanned the Regency period (1811-1820) and Victorian era (1837-1901). From age nine to
eighty-five, Cruikshank produced thousands of designs in formats ranging from caricatural prints, book illustrations, lottery
puffs, and song sheets. Cruikshank's early caricatures provided sharp commentary on British politics and culture. Favorite
targets were Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), King George IV (1762-1830), and dandies and trendsetters of the early nineteenth
century. When interest in caricatural prints waned in England in the 1820s, Cruikshank shifted to designing and publishing
humorous serials, such as "My Sketch Book," and illustrating serialized novels by authors such as Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
and William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882). In the last decades of his life, Cruikshank became deeply involved in the Temperance
movement, producing images and text directly attributing difficult contemporary social issues--violence, poverty, crime--to
the pernicious effects of alcohol.
Scope and Content
In 1989 UCLA Chancellor Charles E. Young acquired the Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection on behalf of the Grunwald Center
for the Graphic Arts. Comprising 3,500 works on paper--drawings, prints, illustrated books, serials, and pamphlets, as well
as letters and autographs--the Vogler Cruikshank collection is the most comprehensive holding of works by George, Isaac, and
Robert Cruikshank in the western United States. Richard Vogler, a distinguished collector and university professor, built
his collection of works by and about the Cruikshanks carefully, studiously, and with great dedication over many years.
The Vogler Cruikshank collection offers valuable commentary on nineteenth-century British history, culture, and arts and is
a natural companion to other works by British, French, and American caricaturists in the University of California's museum
and library holdings. In particular, the Vogler Cruikshank collection complements the extensive collection of caricatures
in the Armand Hammer Honore Daumier and Contemporaries Collection at the UCLA Hammer Museum. Significant collections of related
nineteenth-century works are also housed at the UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and Young Research Library. Together
with San Marino's Huntington Library collection of books and prints by Thomas Rowlandson and James Gillray, the Vogler Cruikshank
collection makes Los Angeles a major center for the study of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British and French caricature.
Since the following online collection guide is intended as a general introduction to the Vogler Cruikshank collection, it
includes only a representative selection of works. For the purposes of this guide, the selected works are arranged by series
or groups related to production type: Drawings and Paintings, Caricatures, Serials, and Illustrated Books. Descriptions of
drawings related to prints in the Vogler Cruikshank collection precede entries for the prints.
The guide incorporates research and descriptions by Richard S. Rand and Anne Helmreich for exhibitions drawn from the Vogler
Cruikshank collection in 1990 and 1992. Several notes in the guide are informed by Robert L. Patten's detailed, two volume
examination of George Cruikshank, as well as the Santa Barbara Museum of Art's 1978 catalogue for the traveling exhibition
of Vogler's collection. The following bibliography identifies sources most frequently consulted in preparing the guide.
Selected Bibliography
Cohn, Albert M. George Cruikshank: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Work Executed During the Years 1806-1877. Annotated by Richard
Vogler. 3 vols. London: Office of "The Bookman's Journal," 1924.
Helmreich, Anne. Life in London: Prints and Book Illustrations from the Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection. Exhibition brochure.
Los Angeles: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, 1992.
Patten, Robert L. George Cruikshank's Life, Times, and Art. Volume 1: 1792-1835. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press,
1992.
Patten, Robert L. George Cruikshank's Life, Times, and Art. Volume 2: 1835-1878. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press,
1996.
Rand Jr., Richard S. Snuffing Out Boney! Napoleonic Caricatures from the Richard Vogler George Cruikshank Collection. Exhibition
brochure. Los Angeles: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, 1990.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art. George Cruikshank: Printmaker (1792-1878); Selections from the Richard Vogler Collection. Exhibition
catalogue. Catalogue entries compiled by Joy Mulvaney and catalogue notes by Richard Vogler. Santa Barbara, Ca.: Santa Barbara
Museum of Art, 1978.
University of California, Los Angeles. Picturing Childhood: Illustrated Children's Books from the University of California
Collections, 1550-1990. Exhibition catalogue. Los Angeles: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts and the Department of Special
Collections at the University Research Library, 1997.
Untitled (Laugh when you can)
n.d. 1989.21.1661
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Drawing
Watercolor and ink
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Inscription: Recto, in ink, "Geo Cruikshank" at l.r.; "Laugh when you can" below ledge at u.l. and illegible inscription below
ledge at l.l.
Subject
boxes (audience spaces); audiences; laughing; weeping
Untitled (Serenade)
1820 1989.21.1663
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Drawing
Watercolor and graphite on paper embossed with decorative border
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Inscription: Recto, in ink, "Geo Cruikshank / Jan.y 1820" at c. of lower edge
Subject
landscapes (representations); serenades; musicians; musical instruments; courtship
Untitled (A group looking into a family album)
1834 1989.21.1657
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Drawing
Watercolor and graphite
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Inscription: Recto, in ink, "Geo Cruikshank June 20th 1834" below design
Provenance: Eldridge R. Johnson (Parke-Bernet, New York, May 9, 1946, Part III, No. 225); Richard A. Vogler, Los Angeles
Subject
viewers
Self-Portrait (unfinished)
ca. 1850s 1989.21.2713
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Painting
Oil, red chalk, and graphite on prepared wood panel
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Subject
artists; self-portraits
The Disturbed Congregation
ca. 1849 1989.21.2714
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Drawing
Graphite
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Drawing related to Cruikshank's oil painting, "The Disturbed Congregation" or, "The Disturber Detected," in the Royal Collection.
Albert, prince consort of Queen Victoria, purchased the painting from Cruikshank in 1849.
Inscription: Recto, in ink, "Geo. Cruikshank" at l.l.; annotations in pencil at lower edge
Provenance: J.H. White (Christie, Manson & Woods, London, July 8, 1879, Lot 245); A.S.W. Rosenbach, Philadelphia; Richard
A. Vogler, Los Angeles
Subject
interior; churches; children (people by age group); beadles; congregation
A Moment Too Late
ca. 1860 1989.21.1685
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Drawing
Watercolor and graphite
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Inscription: Recto, in ink, "George Cruikshank" at c.
Provenance: William H. Woodin (Parke-Bernet, New York, February 27, 1942, Part III, No. 145); Robert Bennett, Bennett and
Marshall, Los Angeles; Richard A. Vogler, Los Angeles
Subject
executions; squares; spectators
Boney beating Mack--and Nelson giving him a Whack!! or the British Tars giving Boney his Hearts desire. Ships, Colonies &
Commerce
1805 1989.21.155
Creator/Collector:
Isaac Cruikshank, 1764-1811, British, and George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; Samuel William Fores, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
The character Little Boney, a miniaturized Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), first appears in James Gillray's 1803 print, "John
Bull offering little Boney Fair Play," published by Hannah Humphrey. [Rand, Snuffing Out Boney]
Referring to John Ashton's "English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I," E.B. Krumbhaar, Isaac Cruikshank's early cataloger,
suggests Isaac Cruikshank likely etched this plate, assisted by his thirteen-year-old son, George.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 16; Douglas 649; Krumbhaar 86; British Museum 10439
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "Pubd by S.W. Fores N. 50 Piccadilly London Novr 19 1805" at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Napoleonic wars; armed forces
Coming to the Point
1809 1989.21.160
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; J. Johnston, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5085; Douglas 655; Cohn 1006
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "G. Cruikshank" at l.l.; "Pubd by J. Johnston 101 Cheapside / July 1809" at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; Napoleonic wars; armed forces
The Allied Bakers or, The Corsican Toad in the hole
1814 1989.21.192
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; Hannah Humphrey, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
While Cruikshank credits George Humphrey (G. H. ivt) with the idea or design, this caricature of allied generals shoveling
Napoleon into a baker's oven derives from James Gillray's 1806 print, "Tiddy-Doll, the Great French Gingerbread-Baker, Drawing
out a new batch of Kings," also published by Hannah Humphrey. George Humphrey was Hannah's nephew and later successor in publishing.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 299; Douglas 690; Cohn 882; British Museum 12206
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "G. H. ivt / Gruikshank [sic] fect." at l.l.; "Pubd April 1st 1814 by / H. Humphrey
St. James's St." at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; military personnel; war allies; ovens
Le Four des Allies ou le Corse pres a etre cuit
ca. 1815 1989.21.499
Creator/Collector:
French copy after George Cruikshank
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
A few of Cruikshank's more popular anti-Napoleon caricatures were reproduced with French inscriptions, probably intended for
distribution in France. [Rand, Snuffing Out Boney]
Catalogue Raisonne: British Museum 12206A
Inscription: Recto, in brown ink, "11o 24" at u.l.
Subject
caricatures; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; military personnel; war allies; ovens
Snuffing Out Boney!
1814 1989.21.203
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; Thomas Tegg, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 320; Douglas 701; Cohn 1992; British Museum 12254
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "G Cruikshank fect" at l.l.; "Pubd May 1st 1814 by / T. Tegg. No 111 / Cheapside"
at l.r.; "326" at u.r.
Subject
caricatures; Cossacks; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Little Boney Gone to Pot
1814 1989.21.205
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; Thomas Tegg, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Caricature of Napoleon, in exile on the Isola d'Elba, seated on a chamber pot (inscribed the "Imperial Throne"), encouraged
by a demon to take his own life.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 328; Douglas 706; Cohn 1322; British Museum 12261
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "G. Cruikshank fect." at l.l.; "Pubd May 12th 1814 by / Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside"
at l.r.; "331" at u.r.; collector's stamp in black ink at l.r.c.; Verso, Vogler's stamp in black ink at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; exiles; demons
Boney's meditations on the Island of St. Helena--or--The Devil addressing the Sun
1815 1989.21.226
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; Hannah Humphrey, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
While Cruikshank credits George Humphrey (G. H. invt.) with suggesting this caricature of Napoleon, as the devil incarnate,
exiled on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean, the print is an adaptation of James Gillray's 1782 etching,
"Gloria Mundi, or--the Devil addressing the Sun," published by Hannah Humphrey.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 500; Douglas 734; Cohn 944; British Museum 12593
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "Pubd August 1815 by / H Humphrey St. James's St." at l.l.; "G.H invt. G Cruikshank
fect" at l.r.; Verso, Vogler's stamp in black ink at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; exiles; demons
Fashionables of 1817
1817 1989.21.130
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; Samuel William Fores, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Lithograph with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
After hostilities between England and France quieted in 1815, French clothing designs increasingly influenced English fashions.
In this print, Cruikshank satirizes the strange stoop Englishwomen affected in order to accentuate their decolletage. [Helmreich,
Life in London]
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 2735; Douglas 1467; Cohn 1110 ii/ii; British Museum 12949
Inscription: Recto, in stone below design, "G. Cruikshank. fect." at l.l.; "Pubd. by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly Augt. 4th. 1817"
at l.r.; collector's stamp in black ink at l.r.c.
Subject
caricatures; dandies; fashion (concept); clothing & dress
Inconveniences of a Crowded Drawing Room
1818 1989.21.1553
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; George Humphrey, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
The scene is a birthday celebration honoring Caroline, princess of Brunswick (later queen of England). Guests rush into the
constricted space of a drawing room in the Queen's House (now Buckingham Palace), attempting to be first in line to greet
Caroline.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 774; Douglas 1087; Cohn 1229; British Museum 13046
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "G. Cruikshank fect" at l.l.; "Pubd May 6th 1818 by G Humphrey 27 St. James's St"
at l.r.; Verso, Vogler's stamp in black ink at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; fashion (concept); military uniforms; receptions; drawing rooms
A double-distilled Dandy
1818 1989.21.134
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; Samuel William Fores, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Lithograph with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
A number of Cruikshank's most scathing images were of dandies: elegant and fashionably dressed, wealthy young men who lived
a life of pleasure and decadence. [Helmreich, Life in London] In this print, a child retrieves a dandy's flowered handkerchief
from the street, expecting but not receiving a tip.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 2746; Douglas 1480; British Museum 13091
Subject
caricatures; dandies
A Dandy & a Dandyzette, or a retour de l'Opera
1818 1989.21.20
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; Samuel William Fores, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
George Cruikshank's cataloger, R.J.H. Douglas, suggests there may be more of Robert Cruikshank's work in this caricatural
print than that of George.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5094; Douglas 1187
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "Cruikshank. fecit." at l.l.; "Pubd Octr 25 1818 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly;" wet
stamp in black ink ("PRICE 1") at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; interior; dandies; clothing & dress
Untitled (Sketch for Monstrosities of 1821)
ca. 1821 1989.21.1615A
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Drawing
Watercolor, ink, and graphite
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Recto of a double-sided drawing for the caricatural print, "Monstrosities of 1821," published by George Humphrey (1989.21.1489).
Inscription: Recto, in ink, "G.Ck." at l.l.
Provenance: Argosy Book Stores, New York; Richard A. Vogler, Los Angeles
Subject
fashion (concept); clothing & dress; dandies
Untitled (Sketch for Monstrosities of 1821)
ca. 1821 1989.21.1615B
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Drawing
Watercolor, ink, and graphite
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Verso of a double-sided drawing for the caricatural print, "Monstrosities of 1821," published by George Humphrey (1989.21.1489).
Provenance: Argosy Book Stores, New York; Richard A. Vogler, Los Angeles
Subject
fashion (concept); clothing & dress; dandies
Monstrosities of 1821
1821 1989.21.1489
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; George Humphrey, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
One in a series of eight prints by George Cruikshank satirizing fashions of early nineteenth-century London. (See also 1989.21.1615A-B)
The series is titled "The Monstrosities" after work by James Gillray.
Public parks such as Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park and St. James Park were popular with Londoners because they offered areas
of green grass, and, moreover, served as convenient social meeting places. The middle and upper classes donned their best
attire and either strolled or rode through the parks, hoping to impress others with their good taste and latest fashions.
[Helmreich, Life in London]
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 983; Douglas 1167; Cohn 1751; British Museum 14310
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "G. Cruikshank invt et fecit" at l.l.; "Pubd by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's St London
May 20 1821" at l.r.; in plate above design, "Pt 4" at u.l.; Verso, Vogler's stamp in black ink at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; dandies; fashion (concept); uniforms; urban parks
Beauties of Brighton
1826 1989.21.297
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; S. Knight, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Brighton Pavilion, also known as the Royal Pavilion, was the seaside residence of George IV (1762-1830). Henry Holland's original
design (built 1785) was transformed by John Nash between 1815 and 1822 into an Eastern-influenced architectural fantasy.
Cruikshank credits Alfred Crowquill (A. Crowquill Esqr Del) for the print's design. Alfred Crowquill was the pseudonym used
by Alfred Henry Forrester. Dorothy George (British Museum 15156) identifies the gentleman with hand at chin on the far left
as a Forrester self-portrait.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 1342; Douglas 859; Cohn 914; British Museum 15156
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "A. Crowquill Esqr Del--Etched by G. Cruikshank" at l.l.; "London Pubd March 1st
1826 by S Knights Sweetings Alley Ryl X'change" at l.r.; Verso, collector's stamp in red ink [lion with MW] near center and
Vogler's stamp in black ink at l.l.
Subject
caricatures; dandies; fashion (concept); architecture; Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England)
The Cholic
1819 1989.21.31
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; George Humphrey, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
The artist credits Captain Frederick Marryat (anchor emblem) with suggesting this caricature of a woman tortured by small,
ghoulish creatures.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 871; Douglas 1201; Cohn 995; British Museum 13438
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, anchor emblem [Marryat del] and "G Cruikshank fect" at l.l.; "Pubd Feb.y 12 1819
by G Humphrey, 27 St. James's St." at l.r.; Verso, Vogler's stamp in black ink at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; illnesses; medical illustrations; demons
The Head Ache
1819 1989.21.29
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; George Humphrey, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Cruikshank credits Captain Frederick Marryat (anchor emblem) with the design for this caricature of a seated man tortured
by small, ghoulish creatures.
French caricaturist Honore Daumier (1808-1879) adopted the idea of "The Cholic" (1989.21.31) and "The Head Ache" in lithographs
made while incarcerated at Sainte-Pelagie prison and published in Le Charivari in 1833 (see 1995.24.4).
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 870; Douglas 1200; Cohn 1186; British Museum 13439
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, anchor emblem [Marryat del] and "G Cruikshank fect" at l.l.; "Pubd Feby 12th 1819
by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's St." at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; illnesses; medical illustrations; demons
Le mal de tete. Hola!..Hola!...pan! pan!....dindrelindin_dindrelindin..hola! hola! hola!!, number 9 from L'imagination
1833 1995.24.4
Creator/Collector:
Honore Daumier, 1808-1879, French; Aubert & Cie., Paris, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Lithograph
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Collection of the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA.
Notes
Daumier adopted the subject of George Cruikshank's earlier etching, "The Head Ache" (1989.21.29), in this lithograph published
in the daily newspaper, Le Charivari.
Catalogue Raisonne: Delteil app 37 ii/ii; Hazard 1986
Provenance: R.M. Light, Santa Barbara
Subject
caricatures; illnesses; medical illustrations; demons
Gent, No Gent and Regent
1816 1989.21.273
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; Thomas Tegg, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
One of many caricatures of the Prince Regent (later George IV), Cruikshank's design suggests the progression of the Prince
Regent's behavior from honorable to profligate.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 589; Douglas 820; Cohn 1153; British Museum 12791
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "G Cruikshank fect." at l.l.; "Pubd. by T. Tegg N. 111 Cheapside July 5 1816" at
c.; "379" at u.r.
Subject
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
The Radical's Arms
1819 1989.21.1604
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; George Humphrey, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 920; Douglas 934; Cohn 1884; British Museum 13275
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "G. Cruikshank fect." at l.l.; "Pub Novr 13 1819 by G. Humphrey No. 27 / St. James's
Street London" at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; violence; guillotines; radicalism
Radical Quacks giving a New Constitution to John Bull
1820 1989.21.338
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; S. Knight, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 971; Douglas 943; Cohn 1885; British Museum 13714
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "Designed by an Amateur / Etchd by G Cruikshank" at l.l.; "Pubd May 25th 1820 by
S Knight / No 3 Sweetings Alley Royal X'change" at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; politics; radicalism; John Bull
Ah! sure such a pair was never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature--Old Sherry. Dedicated to Old Bags.
1820 1989.21.286
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; George Humphrey, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
One of several prints by George Cruikshank satirizing the unhappy union of George IV and Queen Caroline. Here, Cruikshank
depicts the king and queen as pear-shaped green bags, an allusion to the common use of green bags to carry legal or official
papers. When the king sent Parliament evidence of the queen's questionable moral conduct, the queen's counselor, Henry Peter
Broughman is credited with responding, "if the King had a Green Bag the Queen might have one too;" that is, evidence of the
king's moral misconduct might be gathered easily. Cruikshank playfully credits Broughman with the idea for the caricature
(Broom invt). The title derives from lyrics in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comic opera, The Duenna.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 957; Douglas 843; Cohn 877; British Museum 13735
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "Broom invt G. Cruikshank fect" at l.l.; "Pubd by G. Humphrey 27 St James's Street
/ June 23 1820" at l.r.; Verso, Vogler's stamp in black ink at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; monarchy; George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830; Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, Queen, Consort of George IV,
King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
The Royal Rush Light
1821 1989.21.1488
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; George Humphrey, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
A caricature of King George IV and his ministers attempting to blow out the flame of a rush light or, Queen Caroline and her
reputed acts of misconduct.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 973; Douglas 853; Cohn 1929; British Museum 14130A
First state before aquatinting
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "G Cruikshank fect." at l.l.; "Pubd by G Humphrey 27 St. James's St. London / March
3d 1821" at l.r.; Verso, Vogler's stamp in black ink at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830; Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, Queen, Consort of George IV, King of
Great Britain, 1768-1821; secretaries (public officers)
The Royal Extinguisher, or the King of Brobdingnag & the Lilliputians
1821 1989.21.293
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; George Humphrey, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
George Cruikshank credits his brother (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856) with the idea for this caricature (IRC invt).
The design recalls "The Royal Extinguisher or Gulliver Putting out the Patriots of Lilliput!!!," an earlier print by their
father, Isaac (1989.21.791). In this work, King George IV brings down a large paper cone to extinguish a Lilliputianized Queen
Caroline and her Jacobin, or radical, companions.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 978; Douglas 854; Cohn 1919; British Museum 14145
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "IRC invt G. Cruikshank fect" at l.l.; "Pubd April 7th 1821 by G Humphrey 27 St
James's Street London" at l.r.; Verso, Vogler's stamp in black ink at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830; Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, Queen, Consort of George IV, King of
Great Britain, 1768-1821; secretaries (public officers)
The Royal Extinguisher or Gulliver Putting out the Patriots of Lilliput!!!
1795 1989.21.791
Creator/Collector:
Isaac Cruikshank, 1764-1811, British; Samuel William Fores, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
London publishing firms competed for buyers and audiences by displaying their latest stock of caricatural prints in their
shop windows. [Rand, Snuffing Out Boney] As suggested by this print's inscription, publishers lent or rented select caricatures
to subscribers for an evening or weekend's entertainment. [Patten, 77]
Catalogue Raisonne: Krumbhaar 1025; British Museum 8701
Inscription: Recto, in plate above design, "London Published Decem 1 1795 by SW Fores N3 Piccadilly Folios & Caricatures Lent
out for the Evening" and initialed "IC" in plate near c. of lower edge
Subject
caricatures; politics
A Lollipop, ally Campagne, a Bull's Eye, and a Brandy Ball
1822 1989.21.87
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; George Humphrey, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 1070; Douglas 1292; Cohn 2018; British Museum 14444
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "[TC scratched out] delt / GC sculpt" at l.l.; "Pubd March 20th 1822 by Geo / Humphrey,
27 St. James's St / London" at l.r.; Verso, Vogler's stamp in black ink at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; ethics
Making Decent!! A hint to the Society for the Suppression of Vice
1822 1989.21.458
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; George Humphrey, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
A caricature of William Wilberforce (1759-1833), philanthropist and abolitionist, attempting to cover and "make decent" a
colossal, Neoclassical sculpture by Sir Richard Westmacott (1775-1856). The bronze sculpture of Achilles was placed in Hyde
Park July 1822 and honors the efforts of Arthur Wesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) and his troops in defeating the
French at the battle of Waterloo.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 1087; Douglas 1136; Cohn 1713 i/ii; British Museum 14383
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, anchor emblem [Marryat del, obscured] and "invt. G Cruikk fect" at l.l.; "Pubd
by G Humphrey 27 St James's St London / August 8th 1822" at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; censorship; urban parks; public art; monuments; sculpture; Achilles
Plucking a Goose
ca. 1824 1989.21.1611
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Drawing
Pen and brown ink
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Drawing for the caricatural print, "Plucking a Goose," published by John Fairburn, 1825.
Inscription: Recto, several annotations in brown ink, including "Plucking a Goose..." at c. of lower edge; signed "Geo Cruikshank"
in black ink at l.r.
Subject
wealth; actors; marriage; geese
Plucking a Goose!!!
1825 1989.21.1491
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; John Fairburn, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
This caricatural print and its related drawing (1989.21.1611) refer to damages for breach of promise of marriage sought by
the actress, Maria Foote (1797?-1867), against a wealthy young man, Joseph Hayne.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5121; Douglas 1035; Cohn 1854; British Museum 14856
Inscription: Recto, in plate, "Pub. by J Fairburn Broadway Ludgate Hill Jan'y 1st 1825" at l.l.; Verso, Vogler's stamp in
black ink at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; wealth; actors; marriage; geese
The Four Mr. Prices
1825 1989.21.471
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; George Humphrey, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Cruikshank credits his younger sister, Margaret Eliza (1807-1825), with assistance in etching "The Four Mr. Prices" (G & EMC
Sculp.).
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 1286; Douglas 1152; Cohn 1122; British Museum 14901
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "George Cruikshank del / London Pubd Jany 5th 1825 by G Humphrey / 24 St. James's
Street" at l.l.; "G & EMC Sculp." at l.r.; Verso, Vogler's stamp in black ink at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; economics; anatomy
A Scene in the Farce of "Lofty Projects" as performed with great success for the Benefit & amusement of John Bull Ano D 1825
1825 1989.21.472
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; George Humphrey, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Cruikshank credits his friend Tom Greenwood (T.G Esqr invt) with suggesting this political satire on speculative economic
schemes.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 1308; Douglas 1153; Cohn 1963; British Museum 14787
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "T.G Esqr invt. G Cruikshank fect." at l.l.; "London Pubd July 17th 1825 by G Humphrey
24 St James's Street" at l.r.; Verso, Vogler's stamp in black ink at l.r.
Subject
caricatures; hot-air balloons; transportation; economics; fraud
The Opening of the Great Industrial Exhibition of All Nations, by Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria and His Royal Highness
Prince Albert, on the 1st of May, 1851
1851 1989.21.1558
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; David Bogue, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
In addition to illustrating Henry Mayhew's serialized novel, "1851, or the Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and Family,
who came up to London to Enjoy Themselves and to See the Great Exhibition," Cruikshank made this etching of the international
exhibition at the Crystal Palace. With approximately 25,000 in attendance on May 1, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert officially
opened the exhibition of industrial, scientific, and aesthetic products and enterprises.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 2542; Douglas 1433; Cohn 1814
Inscription: Recto, in plate at base of crystal fountain at l.r., "Drawn & Etched by / George Cruikshank;" in plate below
design, "Taken on the spot by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK" at l.l.; "Published by David Bogue, 86, Fleet Street, London, June 29th 1851"
at l.r.; title and "The View is taken from the South West Gallery, at the time when the Archbishop is offering up a Prayer
for the Divine blessing upon the objects of this Great Exhibition" at lower edge; Verso, Vogler's stamp in black ink at l.l.
Subject
Crystal Palace (London, England); Great Exhibition (1851: London, England); world's fairs; exhibitions; ceremonies
(The Fiends Frying Pan)
ca. 1832 1989.21.1612
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Drawing
Pen and brown ink and graphite
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Drawing for plate 3, number IV of Cruikshank's self-published serial, "Scraps and Sketches" (1989.21.1490).
Inscription: Recto, in ink, "Original sketch," "Bartholomew Fair or the Fiends Frying Pan," and "George Cruikshank" at u.l.;
several annotations in pencil
Provenance: Eldridge R. Johnson (Parke-Bernet, New York, October 29, 1946, Part V, No. 143); Childs Gallery, Boston; Richard
A. Vogler, Los Angeles
Subject
devils; figures (representations); animals
The Fiends Frying Pan or Annual Festival of Tom Foolery and Vice, Under the Sanction of the Lord Mayor and the Worshipful
Court of Alderman!--in the Age of Intellect!!
1832 1989.21.1490
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Serial
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Plate 3 in part IV of Cruikshank's self-published "Scraps and Sketches," a four-part serial (published 1828, 1829, 1831, 1832),
each with six plates by Cruikshank. "Scraps and Sketches" provided a venue for Cruikshank to distribute his opinions on current
events and interests. This plate refers to the artist's displeasure with the excessive behavior of attendees of Bartholomew
Fair (held in Smithfield, an area in northwest London). See also the related drawing, 1989.21.1612.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 1832; Douglas 92; Cohn 180
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank Sept 1 1832" at l.r.; "Pl. 3"
at u.l.
Subject
fairs; festivals; devils; vice; drunkenness
Zoological Sketches
ca. 1833 1989.21.1664A
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Drawing
Graphite
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Recto of a double-sided drawing for plates in number IV of Cruikshank's self-published serial, "My Sketch Book" (1989.21.2272D).
Vogler identifies the head in profile at left as a Cruikshank self-portrait. [Santa Barbara, 37]
Inscription (possibly added at later date): In ink, "Original sketch / for Part 4 of / my 'Sketch Book' / George Cruikshank"
near l.r.
Subject
birds; anthropomorphic; animals; dandies; fashion (concept); barbers
(Zoological Sketches)
ca. 1833 1989.21.1664B
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Drawing
Graphite
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Verso of a double-sided drawing for plates in number IV of Cruikshank's self-published serial, "My Sketch Book" (1989.21.2272D).
Vogler identifies the head in profile at center as a Cruikshank self-portrait. [Santa Barbara, 37]
Inscription (possibly added at later date): In ink, "George Cruikshank" near l.l.
Subject
caricatures; heads (representations)
Plate 1 (Zoological Sketches) from My Sketch Book, number IV
1834 1989.21.2272D
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Serial
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Plate 1 in number IV of Cruikshank's self-published, nine-part serial, "My Sketch Book" (published 1834-1836), each with four
plates by Cruikshank. (See also related double-sided drawing, 1989.21.1664A-B). Like his earlier publication, "Scraps and
Sketches," "My Sketch Book" provided a forum for Cruikshank to share his opinions on contemporary matters with the public.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 4917; Douglas 94; Cohn 181
Inscription: Recto, in plate, "Designed Etched / & Published by / George Cruikshank / April 1st 1834" at lower edge; "Pl 1"
at u.l.
Subject
caricatures; fashion (concept); dandies
A Wapping Landlady
1832 1989.21.1656
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Drawing
Pen and ink, watercolor, and graphite
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Vogler relates this drawing to the small vignette, "A Wapping Sweetheart," in number 6 of Cruikshank's self-published serial,
"My Sketch Book" (1989.21.2272F).
Inscription: Recto, in ink, "A Wapping Landlady / Geo Cruikshank / Sept 3 1832" at c. of lower edge; "Why bless me Nan--you
growed out of / all compass! / Yes they tells me that I grows Stout Thomas!" at c. of upper edge
Subject
innkeepers; landlords; embracing
Plate 3 from My Sketch Book, number VI
1834 1989.21.2272F
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Serial
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Plate 3 in number six of Cruikshank's self-published, nine-part serial, "My Sketch Book" (published 1834-1836). Vogler relates
the small vignette in this plate, "A Wapping Sweetheart," to the drawing, "A Wapping Landlady" (1989.21.1656).
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 4917; Douglas 94; Cohn 181
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank, 23 Myddleton Terrace Pentonville
Decr. 1st 1834" at lower edge; "Pl 3" at u.l.; "No 6" at u.r.
Subject
caricatures
The Gin Juggarnath
ca. 1835 1989.21.1655A
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Drawing
Graphite
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Drawing for plate 25 in number VII of Cruikshank's self-published serial, "My Sketch Book" (1989.21.2272G).
Inscription: Recto, in ink, "George Cruikshank." below design and "original sketch" at c. of upper edge; several annotations
in pencil at u.r. and c. of lower edge, including "The GIN-"JUGGARNATH"-or the worship of the "Great Spirit" of the age"
Provenance: George S. MacManus, Philadelphia; Richard A. Vogler, Los Angeles
Subject
vehicles; drunkenness; temperance; deaths
The Gin Juggarnath or, the Worship of the Great Spirit of the age!! from My Sketch Book, number VII
1835 1989.21.2272G
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Serial
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Plate 25 in number seven of Cruikshank's self-published, nine-part serial, "My Sketch Book" (published 1834-1836). Cruikshank,
the future teetotaler, here images a giant, machine-like gin shop on wheels, rolling over and crushing the very crowd that
pulls it forward. The Center has a related drawing, "The Gin Juggarnath" (1989.21.1655A).
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 4917; Douglas 94; Cohn 181
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "Designed Etched & Published by George Cruikshank 23 Myddleton Terrace Pentonville
March 1st 1835" at l.l.; "25" at u.l.
Subject
vehicles; drunkenness; temperance; deaths
(Premium, Par, Discount)
ca. 1845 1989.21.1658
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Drawing
Watercolor and graphite
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Drawing for "The Demon of 1845," an etching published in the May 1845 issue of the illustrated periodical, "George Cruikshank's
Table Book" (1989.21.1981E).
Inscription: Recto, in ink, "original sketch" and "Table Book" at upper edge; "George Cruikshank" at lower edge
Subject
railroads; anthropomorphic; boilers (HVAC components)
The Demon of 1845 (or Premium, Par, Discount) from George Cruikshank's Table Book, number 5
1845 1989.21.1981E
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; [Bradbury and Evans, London], publisher
Physical Description:
Serial
Etching
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Etching for the May issue of "George Cruikshank's Table Book," illustrating a brief article on railroad speculation. See also
the related drawing (1989.21.1658).
Cruikshank planned his "Table Book" as a monthly periodical suitable for reading by the Victorian family. The single volume
in twelve parts subsequently published (and in the Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection) feature several illustrations by
Cruikshank and text by authors such as William Makepeace Thackeray, Edward Kenealy, and editor Gilbert Abbott a Beckett.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 4989; Douglas 228; Cohn 191
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "George Cruikshank" at l.l.
Subject
caricatures; railroads; anthropomorphic; boilers (HVAC components)
Mr. John Bull in Keeley's character of Willibald in the popular extravaganza of the Bottle Imp
ca. 1845 1989.21.1613
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Drawing
Watercolor and graphite
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Drawing for a print published in the November 1845 issue of the periodical, "George Cruikshank's Table Book" (1989.21.1981K).
Inscription: Recto, in ink, "George Cruikshank" below design; in pencil, "original sketch for The Table Book" at upper edge
and "Mr. JOHN BULL In Keeley's character of WILLIBALD / in the popular extravaganza of the BOTTLE IMP." at lower edge
Provenance: John Howell, San Francisco; Richard A. Vogler, Los Angeles
Subject
John Bull
Mr. John Bull, in Keeley's celebrated character of "Willibald," in the Popular Extravaganza of "The Bottle Imp" from George
Cruikshank's Table Book, number 11
1845 1989.21.1981K
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; [Bradbury and Evans, London], publisher
Physical Description:
Serial
Glyphograph
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
One of six glyphographs by Cruikshank published in the monthly periodical, "George Cruikshank's Table Book." This print, from
the November 1845 issue, illustrates an article, "Railway Calls," on contemporary speculation in railway scrip or share certificates.
From the article by the periodical's editor, Gilbert Abbott a Beckett: "When this period arrives, instead of a struggle to
get hold of scrip, there will be an eagerness to get rid of it. The last possessor will be the unhappy victim to all its liabilities,
and every man will go about like the unfortunate individual who had bought the "Bottle Imp" and could only transfer its horrid
responsibilities by getting hold of another purchaser. Every one who has seen Keeley in the character of Willibald, the temporary
tenant in possession of the ill-fated bottle, unable to find any one willing to be let in as remainder-man, will appreciate
the misery of the last scrip-holder. Scrip is the imp by the agency of which many have gratified their mercenary wishes, but
soon it may be impossible to get any one to relieve them from the awful burden. Already, symptoms of the panic have appeared,
and directors are beginning to repudiate the Railway Bottle Imp."
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 4989; Douglas 228; Cohn 191
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "Geo Cruikshank" at l.l.; "in Glyphography" at l.r.
Subject
John Bull; railroads; investments
Mr. John Bull in a Quandary, or the anticipated effects of the Railway Calls from George Cruikshank's Table Book, number 11
1845 1989.21.1981KK
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; [Bradbury and Evans, London], publisher
Physical Description:
Serial
Etching
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Etching for the November issue of "George Cruikshank's Table Book." Like Cruikshank's glyphograph in the same issue ("Mr.
John Bull, in Keeley's celebrated character of Willibald, in the Popular Extravaganza of The Bottle Imp") this print illustrates
a brief article on railroad speculation by the periodical's editor, Gilbert Abbott a Beckett.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 4989; Douglas 228; Cohn 191
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "Geo Cruikshank" at l.r.
Subject
John Bull; railroads; investments
Mr. Simmons in the Character of Mother Goose, frontispiece to Fairburn's Description of the Popular and Comic New Pantomime,
called Harlequin and Mother Goose, or the Golden Egg
1806 1989.21.1932
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; John Fairburn, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Pamphlet
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
George Cruikshank's cataloger, Albert M. Cohn, suggests this unsigned frontispiece is the artist's earliest unassisted etching.
The frontispiece is for a small pamphlet describing and critiquing the 1806 comic pantomime by Thomas Dibdin performed at
Covent Garden.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 4598; Douglas 315; Cohn 280
Provenance: R.J.H. Douglas; Albert M. Cohn; William H. Woodin; Marshall R. Anspach; Richard A. Vogler, Los Angeles
Subject
actors; costumes; Mother Goose; geese
Title page, German Popular Stories, Volume I, translated from the Kinder und Haus Marchen, collected by M.M. Grimm, from Oral
Tradition
1823 1989.21.1995A
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; Charles Baldwyn, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Book
Etching
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
George Cruikshank made some of the most influential illustrations of the nineteenth century when he created etchings for the
1823 "German Popular Stories," the first English translation of the celebrated collection of folk tales published in German
several years earlier by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. The Vogler Cruikshank collection includes rebound, first edition, first
issues of Volumes I and II of "German Popular Stories" (see also 1989.21.1995B). The collection also holds a copperplate etched
by Cruikshank for "Running after the Golden Goose," illustrating the story, "The Golden Goose," in Volume I of "German Popular
Stories."
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 4801; Douglas 53; Cohn 369
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "G. Cruikshank fect."
Provenance: John F. Talmage; Marshall R. Anspach; Richard A. Vogler, Los Angeles
Subject
hearths; storytellers; laughing
Title page, German Popular Stories, Volume II, translated from the Kinder und Haus Marchen, collected by M.M. Grimm, from
Oral Tradition
1826 1989.21.1995B
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; James Robins & Co., London, and Joseph Robins Jr. & Co., Dublin, publishers
Physical Description:
Book
Etching
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Title page vignette from the first edition, first issue (rebound) of Volume II of "German Popular Stories" (see also Volume
I, 1989.21.1995A).
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 4801; Douglas 53; Cohn 369
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design "G. Cruikshank fect."
Provenance: John F. Talmage; Marshall R. Anspach; Richard A. Vogler, Los Angeles
Subject
hearths; storytellers; children (by age group)
Private Treasures and Sentiment, undivided proofs for Sketches by Boz
1836 1989.21.2697A
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Album
Etching
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Inscribed on album's end paper: "The proofs of the 1st series in this vol. were purchased by me of Mrs Geo. Cruikshank on
the 1st August 1887, the second series later in the same year. No set of proofs was in either of the sales of Geo. Cruikshank
books held by his Excu. at Sotheby's or Christie's & I have never seen but 4 sets. H.W. Burton June 23d 1901."
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 4938; Douglas 163; Cohn 232
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "George Cruikshank"
Provenance: W.H. Bruton; Clarence S. Bement; Charles S. Auchincloss; Richard A. Vogler, Los Angeles
Scope and Content
From a bound album of undivided proofs before letters of illustrations for "Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-Day Life
and Every-Day People," a compilation of occasional papers by Charles Dickens. In 1836 John Macrone, London, published Dickens's
papers with sixteen illustrations by Cruikshank in two volumes. The following year, Macrone published "Sketches by Boz, the
Second Series" (first edition), a second collection of papers in one volume, with ten illustrations by Cruikshank. In addition
to the bound album of undivided proofs shown here, the Vogler Cruikshank collection includes examples of the published book:
the first series in two volumes (second edition), the Second Series in one volume, and the "new, complete" edition published
in twenty parts by Chapman and Hall, London.
Subject
MacBeth, King of Scotland, 11th cent.; backstages; actors
Title page (Second Series) and Seven Dials, undivided proofs for Sketches by Boz
1837 1989.21.2697B
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Album
Etching
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
From an album of undivided proofs before letters of illustrations for the book, "Sketches by Boz, Second Series," published
by John Macrone, London, 1837. The book is a compilation of occasional papers by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by Cruikshank.
Inscribed on album's end paper: "The proofs of the 1st series in this vol. were purchased by me of Mrs Geo. Cruikshank on
the 1st August 1887, the second series later in the same year. No set of proofs was in either of the sales of Geo. Cruikshank
books held by his Excu. at Sotheby's or Christie's & I have never seen but 4 sets. H.W. Burton June 23d 1901."
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 4938; Douglas 163; Cohn 233
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "George Cruikshank"
Provenance: W.H. Bruton; Clarence S. Bement; Charles S. Auchincloss; Richard A. Vogler, Los Angeles
Subject
hot-air balloons; street scenes
Title page, The Bachelor's Own Book, Being the Progress of Mr. Lambkin, (Gent.) in the Pursuit of Pleasure and Amusement,
and also in Search of Health and Happiness
1844 1989.21.1720
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Booklet
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Title page from a small book with twenty-four illustrations and descriptive captions by Cruikshank.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 4983; Douglas 223; Cohn 192
Inscription: Recto, in plate, "Designed Etched & / Published / by / George Cruikshank / August 1st 1844 / Sold by D Bogue
/ 86 Fleet St. London / and all Booksellers"
Scope and Content
The Vogler Cruikshank collection also holds an uncolored example of this book, as well as an American edition published by
Carey and Hart, Philadelphia, and examples of an edition published by David Bryce & Son, Glasgow, six years after Cruikshank's
death. In addition to the books, the Collection includes a letter from Cruikshank to David Bogue, dated July 17, 1844, announcing
he will soon finish the last plate for Lambkin.
Subject
humor; life cycles (human); courtship
The Bottle is Brought Out for the First Time: The Husband Induces His Wife "Just to Take a Drop," plate I from The Bottle
1847 1989.21.1383A
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Book
Glyphograph with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
From a suite of eight prints, stitched in a paper wrapper, narrating a family's decline from domestic order to ruin. Cruikshank
executed "The Bottle" and its sequel, "The Drunkard's Children," on behalf of the Temperance movement. In these and other
works, Cruikshank vilified alcohol as greatly damaging to the physical and mental health of drinkers and causing the demise
of working-class families. In 1847 Cruikshank took the pledge of total alcohol abstinence and became an active member of the
Temperance movement. [Helmreich, Life in London]
Glyphography provided Cruikshank with an inexpensive means for making durable printing plates for mass production of "The
Bottle." In this relief process, the artist scratched or incised a design on a metal plate coated with a thick substance,
like wax. Additional wax was applied to areas surrounding the incised lines, placing the design in greater relief. The wax-coated
plate was then covered with a layer of copper, filling the incised lines and forming a positive mold for printing. [see Patten
1996, 237]
Published for the artist by David Bogue, London.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5000; Douglas 242; Cohn 194
Inscription: Recto, in plate, "Designed and Etched by George Cruikshank" at l.r.
Scope and Content
The Vogler Cruikshank collection has several variations of "The Bottle" and "The Drunkard's Children," including a set of
painted lantern slides on glass, used by Temperance promoters to illustrate lectures.
Subject
interior; dwellings; families
He is Discharged from His Employment for Drunkenness: They Pawn Their Clothes to Supply the Bottle, plate II from The Bottle
1847 1989.21.1383B
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Book
Glyphograph with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
See also an example of the same plate with the addition of a tinted block for shading (1989.21.1382B).
Published for the artist by David Bogue, London.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5000; Douglas 242; Cohn 194
Inscription: Recto, in plate, "Designed and Etched by Geo Cruikshank" at l.r.
Subject
interior; dwellings; families; poverty; alcoholism
An Execution Sweeps Off the Greater Part of Their Furniture: They Comfort Themselves with the Bottle, plate III from The Bottle
1847 1989.21.1383C
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Book
Glyphograph with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Published for the artist by David Bogue, London.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5000; Douglas 242; Cohn 194
Inscription: Recto, in plate, "Designed and Etched by Geo Cruikshank" at l.r.
Subject
interior; dwellings; families; poverty; alcoholism
Unable to Obtain Employment, They are Driven by Poverty into the Streets to Beg, and by This Means They Still Supply the Bottle,
plate IV from The Bottle
1847 1989.21.1383D
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Book
Glyphograph with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Published for the artist by David Bogue, London.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5000; Douglas 242; Cohn 194
Inscription: Recto, in plate, "Designed and Etched by Geo Cruikshank" at l.r.
Subject
street scenes; families; poverty; unemployment; begging; alcoholism
Cold, Misery, and Want, Destroy Their Youngest Child: They Console Themselves with the Bottle, plate V from The Bottle
1847 1989.21.1383E
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Book
Glyphograph with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Published for the artist by David Bogue, London.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5000; Douglas 242; Cohn 194
Inscription: Recto, in plate, "Designed and Etched by George Cruikshank" at l.r.
Subject
interior; dwellings; families; deaths; alcoholism
Fearful Quarrels, and Brutal Violence, Are the Natural Consequences of the Frequent Use of the Bottle, plate VI from The Bottle
1847 1989.21.1383F
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Book
Glyphograph with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Plate six in a suite of eight prints by Cruikshank narrating the damaging effects of alcohol on a working-class family. Cruikshank
directly attributed difficult social issues, such as violence and poverty, to alcohol consumption.
Published for the artist by David Bogue, London.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5000; Douglas 242; Cohn 194
Inscription: Recto, in plate, "Designed and Etched by George Cruikshank" at c. of lower edge
Subject
interior; dwellings; families; violence; alcoholism
The Husband, in a State of Furious Drunkenness, Kills His Wife with the Instrument of All Their Misery, plate VII from The
Bottle
1847 1989.21.1383G
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Book
Glyphograph with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Published for the artist by David Bogue, London.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5000; Douglas 242; Cohn 194
Inscription: Recto, in plate, "Designed & Etched by George Cruikshank" at l.r.
Subject
interior; dwellings; families; deaths; grief; alcoholism
The Bottle Has Done Its Work--It Has Destroyed the Infant and the Mother, It Has Brought the Son and the Daughter to Vice
and to the Streets, and Has Left the Father a Hopeless Maniac, plate VIII from The Bottle
1847 1989.21.1383H
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Book
Glyphograph with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Cruikshank believed total abstinence from alcohol could end poverty and misery. The same man who had caricatured the exploits
of the fashionable and powerful in the Regency period--in works such as "Inconveniences of a Crowded Drawing Room" (1989.21.1553)
and "Gent, No Gent and Regent" (1989.21.273)--devoted the last years of his career to the Temperance movement and reforming
the social ills of Victorian London. [Helmreich, Life in London]
Published for the artist by David Bogue, London.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5000; Douglas 242; Cohn 194
Subject
psychiatric hospitals; mental disorders; inmates
The Bottle, plate II (He is Discharged from His Employment for Drunkenness: They Pawn Their Clothes to Supply the Bottle)
1847 1989.21.1382B
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Book
Glyphograph with tint
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
One of eight plates from Cruikshank's suite, "The Bottle," a popular work issued in several editions. This plate is from the
imperial folio or large paper edition with tint (and without descriptive verses). See also an example of the same plate with
hand coloring (1989.21.1383B).
Published for the artist by David Bogue, London.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5000; Douglas 242; Cohn 194
Inscription: Recto, in plate, "Designed and Etched by Geo Cruikshank" at l.r.
Subject
interior; dwellings; families; poverty; alcoholism
The father proposes to lose the children; They leave Hop-O'My Thumb and his brothers in the wood, frontispiece to Hop-O'My-Thumb
and the Seven-League Boots
1853 1989.21.1940A
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; David Bogue, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Book
Etching
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
One of six plates for "Hop-O'My-Thumb and the Seven-League Boots," the first of four books in the series, "George Cruikshank's
Fairy Library." Cruikshank edited the text--imbuing the tale with his Temperance beliefs--and designed and etched illustrations
for each book in his "Fairy Library." The three other books in the series are: "The History of Jack and the Bean-stalk" (David
Bogue, 1854), "Cinderella and the Glass Slipper" (David Bogue, 1854, see 1989.21.1943A), and "Puss in Boots" (Routledge, Warne
& Routledge and F. Arnold, 1864).
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5032; Douglas 263; Cohn 196
Inscription: Recto, in plate, "George Cruikshank" at c. of lower edge
Subject
fairy tales; families; abandoned children; giants; woods
Cinderella in the chimney-corner, frontispiece to Cinderella and the Glass Slipper
1854 1989.21.1943A
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
One of six plates for "Cinderella and the Glass Slipper" (David Bogue, 1854), the third of four books in the series, "George
Cruikshank's Fairy Library." See also "Hop-O'My-Thumb and the Seven-League Boots" (1989.21.1940A).
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5032; Douglas 263; Cohn 198
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "Designed & Etched by George Cruikshank"
Subject
fairy tales; hearths; Cinderella; dwarfs
Shaving a Ghost!
ca. 1861 1989.21.1642
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British
Physical Description:
Drawing
Watercolor and graphite
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
Drawing for frontispiece to "Holidays with Hobgoblins and Talk of Strange Things" by Dudley Costello.
Inscription: Recto, in pencil (faintly), "SHAVING / A / GHOST!" at c. of lower edge
Subject
barbers; shaving
Shaving a Ghost, frontispiece to Holidays with Hobgoblins and Talk of Strange Things
1861 1989.21.2060
Creator/Collector:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; Dudley Costello, author; John Camden Hotten, London, publisher
Physical Description:
Book
Etching
Contributing Institution: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Custodial History
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection.
Notes
The Center has a first edition "Holidays with Hobgoblins and Talk of Strange Things," with original violet cloth binding embossed
with gilt after a design by Cruikshank.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5057; Douglas 286; Cohn 166
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "Designed & Etched / by Geo. Cruikshank" and "Shaving / A / Ghost!"
Subject
barbers; shaving