CRUIKSHANK Study DRAWING Original FINE & RARE Start Price USD 7,500.00 Current Price USD 7,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, July 02, 2008 End Time Wednesday, July 09, 2008 Location West Palm Beach See more about 'CRUIKSHANK Study DRAWING Original FINE & RARE' Description junkdlr Store CRUIKSHANK Study DRAWING Original FINE & RARE Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album A Fine And Rare Study Drawing By George Cruikshank.  Finely Detailed Sketches He "Doodled" Before He Implemented The Figures Into A Finished Piece.  Most Studies, Like This Example, Rarely Survive.  This Is Approximately 7 1/4" Wide x 9" High.  (CR205)George Cruikshank - As Listed On WikipediaCruikshank's early career was renowned for his social caricatures of English life for popular publications such as The Comic Almanack (1835-1853) and Omnibus (1842) but later in his career, his book illustrations for Charles Dickens and many other authors reached an international audience.He created folios of prints with moralistic themes inspired by the temperance movement. The best known of these are The Bottle, 8 plates (1847), with its sequel, The Drunkard's Children, 8 plates (1848), with the ambitious work, The Worship of Bacchus, published by subscription after the artist's oil painting, now in the National Gallery, London.For Charles Dickens, Cruikshank illustrated Sketches by Boz (1836) and Oliver Twist (1838). On December 30, 1871 Cruikshank published a letter in The Times which claimed credit for much of the plot of Oliver Twist. The letter launched a fierce controversy around who created the work. While Dickens was the author, Cruikshank developed many ideas like those that appeared in the book and it is difficult -- if not impossible -- to distinguish his concepts from those of Dickens, which were developed at the same time.Political caricaturesCruikshank�s 60-year career began with political prints that attacked the royal family and leading politicians (in 1820 he received a royal bribe of �100 for a pledge "not to caricature His Majesty" (George III of the United Kingdom) "in any immoral situation"). His work included a personification of England named John Bull who was developed from about 1790 in conjunction with other British satirical artists such as James Gillray, and Thomas Rowlandson.Cruikshank replaced one of his major influences, James Gillray, as England's most popular satirist. For a generation he delineated Tories, Whigs and Radicals impartially. Satirical material came to him from every public event�wars abroad, the enemies of Britain (he was highly patriotic), the frolic, among other qualities, such as the weird and terrible, in which he excelled. His hostility to enemies of Britain and a crude racism is evident in his illustrations commissioned to accompany William Maxwell's History of the Irish rebellion in 1798 (1845) where his lurid depictions of incidents in the rebellion were characterised by the simian-like portrayal of Irish rebels. Terms: Your questions are welcome and Email is answered. My E-Mail address junkdlr@aol.com. I have many Fine Estate Items For Sale. Please, only place a bid if you are serious about buying this item. Lay-Away Is Available On Items Over $500 - 25% Down, And 3 Equal Monthly Payments - Please let me know this is your intention prior to bidding. Check out my Storefront for unique items at: Click Here for my Store Front. All items are guaranteed to be genuine and escrow is accepted at the buyers expense. I am very happy to Trade anything of value I have with anything you might have. Let me know what it is you want and what you have to trade. Please Check Website At: Click Here for my Website Payment       I accept the following forms of payment: PayPalMoney OrderPersonal Check Shipping & Handling Free if purchased with BIN $20.00 USPS First-Class Mail® Additional Information Click to View Image Album   FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager.  FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager. Over 100,000,000 served. Get FREE counters from Vendio today! Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Place a Bid!