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1.
A visit to my uncle & a visit to my aunt [art original].

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
Published / Created:
[1819?]
Call Number:
Drawings C889 no. 4 Box D115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A drawing consisting of two panels. The left panel, "A Visit to my Uncle" depicts two women, one of a lower class than the other, visiting an elderly man, a money-lender, who is standing behind a counter. Instruments, possibly of gold, rest on the counter and behind the man. The right panel, "A Visit to my Aunt," depicts the same two women being served drinks by a corpulent woman behind a counter
Alternative Title:
Visit to my uncle and a visit to my aunt
Description:
Title from item., Inscription in ink underneath title: Original drawing., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist and son of Isaac Cruikshank (1764-1811, caricaturist), 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Visiting, Families, and Usury
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A visit to my uncle & a visit to my aunt [art original].

2.
Arms of the Greeks!! 41 Pall Mall Augt. 1817 / [art original]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
Published / Created:
[1817]
Call Number:
Drawings C889 no. 2 Box D115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A crow stands on top of a table flanked by two gallows inscribed with the words "To Botany Bay" (left) and "To Hell" (right). Cards and dice are also on the table, the front of which displays two crossed swords. Bottles of wine and a pot of gold pieces are underneath the table. The table itself sits on a dias
Description:
Title from item., Inscriptions in pencil above and below image with instructions on which colors to use. In the artist's hand?, Inscription in ink (part of image): Dedicated to the Members of White's, Boodle's, Brookes'. Let those laugh who win!. Arms of the Greeks!! 41 Pall Mall Augt. 1817., Signed in ink lower left: G. Cruikshank fecit., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Daggers & swords, Crows, and Gallows
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Arms of the Greeks!! 41 Pall Mall Augt. 1817 / [art original]

3.
Comic composites for the scrap book with humorous lines by Thos. Hood Esqr. author of "Whims and

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
Published / Created:
[1827?]
Call Number:
827.00.00.56+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Ten designs on one plate, each with a few lines of verse written below
Description:
Title from text above images. and Temporary local subject terms: Household items -- Garden equipment -- Scraps -- Figures.
Publisher:
Published by S.W. Fores, 41, Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Arcimboldesque figures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Comic composites for the scrap book with humorous lines by Thos. Hood Esqr. author of "Whims and oddities" &c. &c. &c. / [graphic]

4.
From the West Indies [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
Published / Created:
[early 20th century?]
Call Number:
900.00.00.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Five passengers sit together on a bench against the side of a ship, all but a small boy, seemingly a mulatto, manifesting misery or resignation. The others (left to right) are a woman shrouded in black except for her chin, a planter in a long coat and broad-brimmed hat, his wife's arm through his. A fat and hideous negress, awkwardly asleep. The deck is level."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Reproduction of an etching by George Cruikshank, after a drawing by Frederick Marryat; Cruikshank's "etched by G.C." signature and Marryat's artist's device (an anchor tilted diagonally) are reproduced and legible beneath the design, as is the original imprint "London, Pubd. June 5th, 1824, by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's Street.", Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10, no. 14718., Cf. Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 1140., and Cf. Reid, G.W. A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank, 1248.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Passengers, Decks (Ships), Motion sickness, Hats, and Smoking
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > From the West Indies [graphic].

5.
Go along do! You coaxing rogue [art original]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
Published / Created:
[1815?]
Call Number:
Drawings C889 no. 1 Box D115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A soldier with an elongated nose appears to plead with or coax a woman wearing a stole, feathers in her hair, and a crucifix on a chain
Description:
Title from item., Signed in ink lower left: G.C., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Courtship and Soldiers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Go along do! You coaxing rogue [art original]

6.
Mr. John Bull in a quandary, or, The anticipated effects of the railway calls [art original].

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1845]
Call Number:
Drawings C889 no. 8 Box D115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An unfinished sketch for the engraving which appeared in the November 1845 issue of "George Cruikshank's Table-book," illustrating a brief article on railroad speculation by the periodical's editor, Gilbert Abbott a Beckett. John Bull is beset by lilliputian tormentors who are removing all his cash, clothing, and possessions, beneath clouds of steam and a clanging bell
Alternative Title:
Anticipated effects of the railway calls
Description:
Title from pencil annotation below image, in the artist's hand., Text above image: George Cruikshank's "Table Book"., and With additional pencil drawings and artist’s notes in the margins.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Auctions, Fictitious characters, Money, and Railroads
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. John Bull in a quandary, or, The anticipated effects of the railway calls [art original].

7.
Scene, a club room lucky dogs sharing a capital prize and subscribing for the purchace of more

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
Published / Created:
[1812]
Call Number:
812.00.00.54+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Lucky dogs sharing a capital prize and subscribing for the purchace of more tickets
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on all sides., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Spectacles -- Stockbroker -- Punch bowl., Stamped on design: Eyton's Lucky Office, 2, Cornhill. Stock Broker., In pencil in upper left corner: Eyton Stock Broker., In contemporary hand in ink: 1812., and Mounted to 29 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Scene, a club room lucky dogs sharing a capital prize and subscribing for the purchace of more tickets / [graphic]

8.
Sure such a pair were never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature!!! [art original]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
Published / Created:
1818.
Call Number:
Drawings C889 no. 3 Box D115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man and a woman are shown in profile, half-length; their facial features fit together likes pieces of a puzzle
Description:
Signed in ink lower left: GCk., Original drawing, basis for a publish print: Sure such a pair were never seen so justly form'd to meet by Nature!!! See British Museum. Catalogue of political and personal satires, v. 9, 13131., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Dandies, British, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sure such a pair were never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature!!! [art original]

9.
The boxers arms [art original].

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
Published / Created:
[1819?]
Call Number:
Drawings C889 no. 6 Box D115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A shield with four quarterings: first quarter contains a pair of boxing gloves; the second quarter is drawn showing a man uncorking a bottle. The third and fourth quarters show different moments in a fight. Above the shield is a clenched hand surrounded by laurels, with two "Bottle-holders" supporting either side
Description:
Image was used as the basis for a print published by George Humphrey in 1819: The Boxer's arms., See Catalogue of political and personal satires, v. 9, 13395., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Boxing and Coats of arms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The boxers arms [art original].

10.
The dandies coat of arms [art original].

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
Published / Created:
1819.
Call Number:
Drawings C889 no. 5 Box D115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satirical coat of arms for the "Dandy." The shield is a dandy's tail-coat, supported by two monkey's dressed in clothes. The crest is a stay and a top hat. Underneath the shield, are written the words "Dandi, Dando, Dandum" below which a puppy is suspended
Description:
Title inscribed below image., Inscription in ink in image: Coat of Arms. Azure. The Sexes impaled improper between two Butterflies - Two flances; on the dexter flanch three pair of Stays, argent, the sinister flanch charged with Rouge Pomat & smellg bottle, On the Canton, Dexter a frill rampant in the sinister Canton a false collar rampant - small cloaths passive in pile supported by pins - Supporters- Two Monkies - proper - Crest, a pr of Stays full padded - supporting a Cravat & Collar Rampant proper, holding a blockhead argent & gules, wingerd with asses ears proper the whole under cover of a Sable Bever., Basis for print published as: The dandies coat of arms, See British Museum Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, vol. 9, 13394., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., For further information, consult library staff., and Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. 15, p. 143.
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, and Coats of arms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The dandies coat of arms [art original].