Finding Aid for the An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank
MS.1917.002
Processed by Margaret Phung
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
2009
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William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Title: An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank
Identifier/Call Number: MS.1917.002
Physical Description:
1.46 Linear Feet
(7 bound volumes)
Date (inclusive): 1808-1877
Abstract: "An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank by W.M. Thackeray; and additional memoirs by Hamilton, Stephens, Wilson, Bates
and others" is in seven volumes dating from 1808 to 1877. The collection was purchased by William Andrews Clark from George
M. Millard in 1917. The books are bound in green morocco by Rivière. The compiler is unidentified; John B. Gough (1817-1886),
an eminent collector of Cruikshankiana, is possibly the creator.
Physical Location: Clark Library
Language of Material:
English
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank, MS.1917.002, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library,
University of California, Los Angeles.
Acquisition Information
The collection was purchased by William Andrews Clark from George M. Millard in 1917. A detailed inventory written by Millard
is available in the Clark Library's Institutional Archive.
Processing History
The volumes and their contents are listed in The Library of William Andrews Clark, Jr. "Cruikshank and Dickens. In Two Parts.
Part I: Cruikshank; Part II: Dickens." Collated and compiled by Robert Ernest Cowan and William Andrews Clark, Jr. San Francisco:
Printed by John Henry Nash, 1921, p. 64-70.
Publication information and expanded content description by Margaret Phung, June 2009.
Biography
The artist George Cruikshank was born in London in 1792. He is often considered a humorist, satirist and caricaturist of British
political and social life. His father Isaac Cruikshank (1756-1811) also worked as an artist and engraver, and it is he who
encouraged and nurtured the talent of his son from an early age. George Cruikshank died in London in 1878.
Scope and Content
"An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank by W.M. Thackeray; and additional memoirs by Hamilton, Stephens, Wilson, Bates
and others" is in seven volumes dating from 1808 to 1877. The collection was purchased by William Andrews Clark from George
M. Millard in 1917. The books are bound in green morocco by Rivière. The compiler is unidentified; John B. Gough (1817-1886),
an eminent collector of Cruikshankiana, is possibly the compiler.
The artwork featured in this volume includes original pen and pencil sketches; woodcuts, wood engravings, steel engravings,
etchings and lithographs by Cruikshank. A majority of these prints consist of title pages to various publications, in addition
to illustrations created for chapbooks, original wrappers, magazines, pamphlets and books. Each volume includes a frontispiece
portrait of Cruikshank, except the sixth volume with Cruikshank's original autograph on the frontispiece and his portrait
following the volume's title page. A written memoir on George Cruikshank by Frederic G. Stephens (1828-1907) and William Bates
(d. l884) immediately follows the title pages in Volumes III and IV.
Of particular note is a series of plates titled The Bottle (1848), The Drunkard's Children (1848), and The Drunkard's House
(1860), which portray moralistic stories on the negative effects of alcoholism while demonstrating Cruikshank's allegiance
to the Temperance movement. Numerous prints from other series, such as My Sketch Book (1833-1836), Bentley's Miscellany (1837-1843)
and The Comic Almanack (1835-1853) are included. Additionally, illustrations to Oliver Twist (1838) and Sketches by Boz (1839)
by Charles Dickens, Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and fairy tales such as Jack and the Beanstalk (1854),
are just several of the many published works featuring the artwork of George Cruikshank that were selected for inclusion in
this collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Artists -- England -- 19th century
Festschriften -- 19th century.
Caricatures -- 19th century
Temperance in art.
Social history -- 19th century.
Volume 1
An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank, Vol. I
1808-1823
General Physical Description note: [200] leaves
Scope and Contents note
[Portrait of George Cruikshank etched by D'Aigaille as frontispiece] -- [Original pencil sketch with a.l.s. on verso by Sherwood
Owman] -- The London and Westminster Review. Oct. 1839-March 1840, Vol. XXXIII.-1840. London: Henry Hooper, 1840 (60, [2]
p.) [presentation inscription from W.M. Thackeray [?] to S. Lucas dated 1859 on one leaf after t.p.] -- [Four broadsides]
-- [21 prints, col., from various publications] -- The political house that Jack built. London, 1819 [12 woodcuts] -- [Portrait
of Robert Cruikshank; col. etching], [1819] -- Abraham Thornton [portrait] [1819] -- The green bag: "A dainty dish to set
before a king." London: J. Robins and Co., 1820 [t.p. only, with woodcut] -- The man in the moon. London, 1820 [14 woodcuts]
-- The queen's matrimonial ladder. London, 1820 [18 woodcuts including t.p.] -- "Non Mi Ricordo!" London, 1820 [3 woodcuts
including t.p.] -- Doll tear sheet. London: John Fairburn, [1820] [5 woodcuts] -- The queen that Jack found. London: John
Fairburn, 1820 [13 woodcuts including t.p.] -- The political queen that Jack loves. London: Roach & Co., [1820] [13 woodcuts
including t.p.] -- The political "A, Apple Pie," London, 1820 [23 woodcuts including t.p.] -- "Radical parliament," 1820 ["Cato
street conspirators, 1820" in ms.] [one etching] -- The political showman—at home! London, 1821 [23 woodcuts including t.p.]
-- "Life in London," 1821 [in ms.] [9 col. etchings] -- Mr. Walbourn as Dusty Bob, 1822 [one etching] -- Death of the Marquis
of Londonderry [1822] -- "Broadside. Sailor's description of a chase and capture" [in ms.] [1822] -- [Engraving "For the Story
of Pigou a Malay Boy."] London: D. Mackay, 1822 -- France, (the great nation) driven by the north—into the south!!! / [folded
plate, col.] -- "Peter Schlemihl, 1823" [in ms.] [7 etchings] -- "Christmas stories, 1823" [in ms.] [3 etchings] -- Mr. Vale
as Dickey Scrag, in Dolly and the Rat ["Front to pamphlet, 1823" in ms.] [col. etching] -- Mary's horror at discovering the
murderers, 1832 [col. etching] -- German popular stories / collected by M. M. Grimm. London: C. Baldwin, n.d. [12 etchings,
including t.p.] -- "Points of humour, 1823-4" [in ms.] [9 col. etchings]
Volume 2
An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank, Vol. II
1824-1829
General Physical Description note: [194] leaves
Scope and Contents note
[Self-portrait of George Cruikshank as frontispiece] -- A memoir of George Cruikshank, artist and humourist / by Walter Hamilton.
London: Elliot Stock, 1878 (64 p.) [with original printed pictorial wrapper and lithograph portrait of the artist] -- [Original
pencil sketch with autograph in ink] -- Tales of humour, gallantry, & romance, London: Charles Baldwin, 1824 [16 prints, including
t.p.] -- "Herbert's letters, 1824" [in ms.] [2 etchings] -- Advantages of travel [2 folded plates, col. (etchings)] -- "Mornings
at Bow Street, 1824" [in ms.] [16 etchings] -- Illustrations of the works of Lord Byron, from designs by Cruikshank. London:
J. Robins & Co., n.d. [36 woodcuts] -- "Mr. Grimaldi as clown in dolce domum," [1825] [col. etching] -- The universal songster,
or, Museum of mirth (Vol. I-Vol. III). London, 1825. [original printed wrapper and title pages only; 21 woodcut proofs] --
German popular stories, [1826] [10 etchings, including t.p.] -- Philosophy in sport made science in earnest (Vol. I-Vol. III).
London, 1827. [27 woodcuts] -- Illustrations of time. London: George Cruikshank, 1827 [7 folded plates, including t.p.; plates
in col.] -- "John Gilpin, 1826" [in ms.] [6 woodcuts] -- "Punch and Judy, 1828" [in ms] [22 etched proofs] -- "Tim Robbin's
Lancashire dialect, 1828" [in ms.] [4 etched proofs] -- A fireside book; or The account of a Christmas spent at old court
/ by the author of May you like it. London, 1828 [one engraving] -- "History of Napoleon, 1829" [in ms.] [8 engravings]
Volume 3
An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank, Vol. III
1830-1835
General Physical Description note: [201] leaves
Scope and Contents note
[Portrait of George Cruikshank as frontispiece] -- A memoir of George Cruikshank / by Frederic G. Stephens; and An essay on
the genius of George Cruikshank / by William Makepeace Thackeray. London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1891
(66 p.) -- [Original pen and ink sketch] -- Bombastes furioso: a burlesque tragic opera / by William Barnes Rhodes. London:
Rodd and Griffiths, 1830 [8 woodcuts including t.p.] -- Tom Thumb, a burletta / by Kane O'Hara. London: Joseph Thomas, Finch
Lane, Cornhill, 1830 [7 woodcuts including t.p.] -- Three courses and a dessert. London: Vizetelly and Branston, 1830 [50
woodcuts] -- Tales of other days / by J. Y. A. London: Effingham Wilson, 1830 [5 woodcuts] --"Demonology and witchcraft, 1830"
[in ms.] [12 proofs of etchings on 6 leaves] -- Barney Buntline and Billy Bowling; or, the advantages of being at sea / Written
by George Colman, Esq. London: John Alvey Turner, 1830 [col. plate] -- The life of Nelson / by Robert Southey, Esq. London:
John Murray, 1830 [7 woodcuts] -- "Gentleman in black, 1831" [in ms.] [4 engravings] -- "Humphrey Clinker, 1831" [in ms.]
[4 etchings] -- "Roderick Random, 1831" [in ms.] [5 etchings] -- "Peregrine Pickle, 1831" [in ms.] [8 etchings] -- "Tom Jones,
1831" [in ms.] [8 etchings] -- The adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves / by Tobias Smollet, M.D. London: James Cochrane and
Co., 1832 [one etching] -- Altrive Tales (Vol. I) / by the Etrick Shepherd. London: James Cochrane and Co., 1832 [one etching]
-- "Joseph Andrews, 1832" [in ms.] [4 etchings] -- "History of Amelia, 1832" [in ms.] [8 etchings] -- The vicar of Wakefield
/ by Oliver Goldsmith, M.D. London: James Cochrane and Co., 1832 [2 etchings] -- "Bee and the wasp, 1832" [in ms.] [4 etchings]
-- "Rejected addresses, 1833" [in ms.] [6 woodcuts] -- Sunday in London. London: Effingham Wilson, 1833 [14 woodcuts] -- "Life
of Washington, 1833" [in ms.] [5 etchings] -- "My sketch book, 1833" [in ms.] [12 etchings on plates] -- "History of New York,
1834" [in ms.] [4 etchings] -- "My sketch book, 1834" [in ms.] [11 etchings on plates] -- Burford Cottage, and its robin-red
breast / by the author of Keeper's Travels. London: Thomas Tegg and son, 1835 [one etching] -- The beauties of Washington
Irving, Esq. / illustrated with wood cuts engraved by Thompson. London: Thomas Tegg and Son, 1835 [21 woodcuts] -- The comic
almanack, for 1835 / by Ridcum Funnidos. London: Vizetelly, Branston and Co., 1835 [12 etchings and one additional print]
-- "My sketch book, 1835" [in ms.] [7 etchings on plates]
Volume 4
An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank, Vol. IV
1836-1839
General Physical Description note: [218] leaves
Scope and Contents note
[Portrait of George Cruikshank as frontispiece] -- George Cruikshank: the artist, the humorist, and the man, with some account
of his brother Robert; a critico-bibliographical essay / by William Bates. London: Houston and Sons; Birmingham: Houghton
and Hammond, 1878 (79 p.) -- [Original pencil sketch] -- "My sketch book, 1836" [in ms.] [3 prints] -- "Sketches by Boz, 1836"
[in ms.] [7 etchings] -- The comic almanack, for 1836 / by Ridcum Funnidos. London: Vizetelly, Branston and Co., 1836 [12
etchings and one additional print] -- Bentley's miscellany (Vol. II). London: Richard Bentley, 1837 [12 etchings] -- "Rambles
in the footsteps of Don Quixote, 1837" [in ms.] [6 etchings] -- Sketches by Boz. London: John Macrone, 1836 [12 prints, including
t.p.] -- The history of the French Revolution / by M. A. Thiers. Richard Bentley, 1837 [t.p. and woodcut] -- The comic almanack,
for 1837 / by Ridcum Funnidos. London: Vizetelly, Branston and Co., 1837 [12 etchings and one additional print] -- "Oliver
Twist, 1838" [in ms.] [25 etchings] -- Bentley's miscellany / edited by Boz. Edinburgh and Dublin: Richard Bentley, 1838 [10
etchings] -- Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi / edited by "Boz." London: Richard Bentley, 1838 [12 etchings] -- The comic almanack,
for 1838 / by Ridcum Funnidos. London: Vizetelly, Branston and Co., 1838 [12 etchings and one additional print] – Chemistry
no mystery; or, A lecturer's bequest / by John Scoffern. London: Harvey and Darton, 1839 [one etching] -- Bentley's miscellany
(Vol. V). London: Richard Bentley, 1839 [one etching] -- "The Queen and the Union!" London: [in ms. "1839"] [one folded plate]
-- The little old man of the wood; or, The tale of a comical stick / by T. H. Sealy. London: Hugh Cunningham, [t.p. only]
[1839] -- "Loving ballad of Lord Bateman, 1839" [in ms.] [11 etchings and one leaf of music] -- The comic almanack, for 1839
/ by Ridcum Funnidos. London: Whitehead and Co., 1839 [12 etchings and one additional print; original wrapper precedes t.p.]
-- "Sketches by Boz, 1839" [in ms.] [39 etchings]
Volume 5
An Essay on the Genius of George Cruishank, Vol. V
1840-1842
General Physical Description note: [195] leaves
Scope and Contents note
[Portrait of George Cruikshank as frontispiece] -- "George Cruikshank," Scribner's Monthly, (Vol. XVI, no. 2) June, 1878 (p.
[161]-177) -- [One leaf of original pen and ink sketches, (2 pages)] -- "Jack Sheppard, 1839" [in ms.] [29 etchings] -- "Tower
of London, 1840" [in ms.] [101 prints] -- "Ingoldsby Legends, 1840" [in ms.] [8 etchings] -- Bentley's miscellany (Vol. VII).
London: Richard Bentley, 1840 [2 etchings.] -- The comic almanack, for 1840 / by Ridcum Funnidos. London: Whitehead and Co.,
1840 [12 etchings and one additional print] -- "Guy Fawkes, 1841" [in ms.] [22 etchings] -- "Colin Clink, 1841" [in ms.] [one
etching] -- Bentley's miscellany (Vol. X). London: Richard Bentley, 1840 [2 etchings] -- Songs, naval and national, of the
late Charles Dibdin; with a memoir and addenda / collected and arranged by Thomas Dibdin. London: John Murray, 1841 [10 etchings]
-- The comic almanack, for 1841 / by Ridcum Funnidos. London: Tilt and Bogue, 1841 [12 etchings and one additional print]
-- "Miser's daughter, 1842" [in ms.] [20 etchings and 3 vignettes] -- Ainsworth's magazine (Vol. I) / edited by William Harrison
Ainsworth. London: Hugh Cunningham, 1842 [9 vignettes] -- Bentley's miscellany (Vol. XI). London: Richard Bentley, 1842 [one
etching] -- [Engraved portrait of George Cruikshank]
Volume 6
An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank, Vol. VI
1842-1847
General Physical Description note: [212] leaves
Scope and Contents note
[Original autograph of George Cruikshank dated March 3, 1869 as frontispiece] -- [Portrait of George Cruikshank] -- George
Cruikshank / by Prof. John Wilson [author's name in ms. at end] ["Blackwood's Magazine, Aug. 1863" in ms.] (p. 217-224) --
George Cruikshank's omnibus / edited by Laman Blanchard, Esq. London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842 [20 engravings] -- [Collection
of prints from various publications] [77 woodcuts on 21 leaves] -- The comic almanack, for 1842 / by Ridcum Funnidos. London:
Tilt and Bogue, 1842 [12 etchings] -- "Windsor Castle, 1843" [in ms.] [14 etchings] -- "Modern chivalry, 1843" [in ms.] [6
etchings] -- Bentley's miscellany (Vol. XIII). London: Richard Bentley, 1843 [7 etchings] -- The comic almanack, for 1843
/ by Ridcum Funnidos. London: Tilt and Bogue, 1841 [12 etchings] -- "Elliston memoirs, 1844" [in ms.] [3 etchings] -- "John
Manesty, 1844" [in ms.] [6 etchings] -- "St. James's, 1844" [in ms.] [14 etchings] -- The old sailor's jolly boat. London:
Allen, Nottingham, Allen, Leicester, 1844 [7 etchings] -- "Prisons and prisoners, 1845" -- [in ms.] [one etching] -- History
of the Irish Rebellion in 1798. London: Baily, Brothers, Cornhill, 1845 [21 etchings] -- The comic almanack, for 1845 / by
Ridcum Funnidos. London: David Bogue, 1845 [12 etchings] -- The snow storm, a Christmas story / by Mrs. Gore. London and Paris:
Fisher, Son, & Co., [n.d.] [4 etchings] -- "Ainsworth's Mag. (Vol. 9), 1846" [in ms.] [one etching] -- The greatest plague
of life; or, The adventures of a lady in search of a good servant / by one who has been "almost worried to death." London:
David Bogue, [n.d.] [12 etchings and one t.p.] -- "Our own times, 1846" [in ms.] [4 etchings] – "Her Majesty's theatre" [1846,
dated in ms.] [one vignette] -- [The comic almanack, for 1846] [12 etchings] -- New year's day, a winter's tale / by Mrs.
Gore. London and Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co., [1846-7, in ms.] [4 etchings] -- "The yule log, 1847" [in ms.] [4 etchings on
two leaves] -- "The good genius, 1847" [in ms.] [5 etchings and 4 vignettes] -- The bottle [8 folded plates, col.]
Volume 7
An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank, Vol. VII
1848-1877
General Physical Description note: [227] leaves
Scope and Contents note
[Frontispiece of "The late Mr. George Cruikshank."] -- Some unpublished sketches by George Cruikshank, [from The Strand magazine,
n.d., p. [183]-191] -- [Original pencil sketch with annotation] -- [Original a.l.s. dated May 26, 1875] [one page] -- "The
inundation, 1847-8" [in ms.] [4 etchings] -- "The drunkard's children. A sequel to the bottle." [8 folded plates; woodcut
engravings] -- The comic almanack, for 1848 / by Ridcum Funnidos. London: David Bogue, 1848 [6 etchings] -- The magic of kindness
/ by the Brothers Mayhew. London: Darton and Co., 1849 [4 etchings] -- "Her Majesty's theatre" [1849, dated in ms.] [one vignette]
-- "Brighton Lodging House, 1849" [in ms.] [2 etchings, col.] -- The comic almanack / edited by Horace Mayhew. London: David
Bogue, 1849 [t.p. only, on original col. wrapper] -- "Oliver Twist, 1850," [in ms.] [frontispiece only] -- Frank Farleigh;
or, Scenes from the life of a private pupil, London: A. Hall, Virtue, & Co., 1850 [30 etchings and one original pictorial
printed wrapper] -- The comic almanack and diary / edited by Henry Mayhew. London: David Bogue, 1850 [7 etchings, one folded
and colored] -- The world's show, 1851; or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family ... / by Henry Mayhew. London:
David Bogue, 1851 [10 plates, one folded] -- The comic almanack and diary for 1851 [original linen cover] -- The comic almanack
and diary / edited by Henry Mayhew. London: David Bogue, 1851 [6 etchings] -- "The betting book, 1852" [in ms.] [4 vignettes]
-- "Talpa, 1852" [in ms.] [25 vignettes] -- "Comic almanack, 1852" [in ms.] [one etching, folded and colored] -- Uncle Tom's
Cabin / by Harriet Beecher Stowe. London: John Cassell, 1852 [27 woodcuts] -- "Comic almanack, 1853" [in ms.] [one etching,
folded and colored] -- "Jack and the beanstalk, 1854" [in ms.] [6 etchings] -- "Tobacco leaves" ["Geo. Cruikshank's Mag.,
1854" in ms.] [one etching] -- "The provocations of Miss Polly C." [one etching] – "Passing events, or; The tale of the comet
of 1853" [one folded plate] -- Cinderella and the glass slipper, 1854 [2 engraved vignettes on one leaf] -- My brother, or;
The man of many friends / by an old author. London: Samson, Low, & Son, 1855 [frontispiece on same leaf of t.p.] -- "Lorrimer
Littlegood, 1855-6" [in ms.] [12 etchings] -- "Slice of bread and butter, 1857" [in ms.] [3 vignettes] -- Sir John Falstaff
Knight. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1857 [11 etchings including t.p., and one vignette; "Life of
John Falstaff, 1858" in ms.] -- Stenelaus and Amylda, a Christmas legend. London: Griffith and Farran, 1858 [3 vignettes on
one leaf] -- Old faces in new masks / by Robert Blakey, Ph.D. London: W. Kent & Co., 1859 [one plate with t.p.] -- "The drunkard's
house, 1860" [in ms.] [two etchings of same print, one hand colored] -- The oyster. London: Trübner & Co., [1861] [2 pictorial
col. wrappers including t.p. and one woodcut] -- "Puck on Pegasus, 1861" [in ms.] [one etching] -- What put my pipe out, or;
Incidents in the life of a clergyman. London: S. W. Partridge, 1862 [6 leaves, 4 woodcuts; includes original printed, pictorial
wrapper] -- A discovery concerning ghosts; with a rap at the "spirit-rappers" / by George Cruikshank. London: Frederick Arnold,
1863 [9 woodcuts; title from t.p. printed on blue original wrapper] -- "Ingoldsby legends, 1864" [in ms.] [24 woodcuts] --
"Pilgrim's progress, 1865" [in ms.] [2 woodcuts] --"Poems by the knight of Morar, 1866" [in ms.] [one etching] -- The British
bee hive. London: George Cruikshank, [1867] [page proof] -- The Savage Club papers. London: Tinsley Brothers, [1867] [one
woodcut vignette] -- "Unpublished" [in ms.] [two untitled etchings of same print, one hand colored] -- "Fairy connoisseurs
inspecting Mr. Frederick Locker's collection of drawings" [1868] [one etching] -- "Private plate etched for Sir Wm. Fraser,
1869" [in ms.] [one etched plate] -- Plate "designed by George Cruikshank to represent his highly esteemed and worthy friend,
the late Thomas Ingoldsby..." [one etched plate] -- "Private plate etched for Poems by the King of Morar, 1870" [in ms.] [one
etched plate] -- "The Leader, of the Parisian Blood Red Republic, or the Infernal Fiend!" [folded and etched plate, colored]
-- Guess me... / compiled and arranged by Frederick D'Arros Planche; illustrated by George Cruikshank and others. London:
Dean and Son, [1872] [pictorial t.p. for second edition only] -- Boons and blessings / by Mrs. S. C. Hall. London: National
Temperance Publication Depôt, [1873] [one woodcut] -- Lob lie-by-the-fire, or; The luck of Lingborough and other tales / by
Juliana Horatia Ewing. London: George Bell and Sons, 1874 [3 prints] -- An old story; a temperance tale in reverse / by S.
C. Hall. London: Virtue, Spalding, and Co., [1875] [one woodcut] -- The rose and the lily / by Mrs. Octavian Blewitt. London:
Chatto and Windus, 1877 [one etching] -- "View of the house in which G. Cruikshank died" [one etching, hand colored] -- "The
venerable George: he painted in oils the virtues of water" from The Hornet, dated Dec. 6th, 1871 [caricature on one folded
plate]