I.Cruickshank

Isaac Cruikshank
He moved from Scotland to London in 1784 and became one of the leading caricaturists, though not held in the same esteem as Gillray or Rowlandson; much of his work is of the highest quality and is much collected. His long career saw him produce both political and social images of high quality.
He was the father of George and Robert, (I. R. Cruikshank), and taught them both to etch.

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	I. Cruikshank. The PHANTASMAGORIA – or a REVIEW of old Times. Published by T. Williamson N 20 Strand London March 9th 1803. 9¾ x 14. Original colour, trimmed to the plate mark, (plate mark visible at the top and partially on the other three sides). There are a few very slight marks. A magician dressed in consular dress and a cocked hat indicating Napoleon stands in the centre, with his sabre held over the heads of two figures that he has called up from the past. He is showing them to their descendants, a large and healthy Frenchman wearing military boots and a cocked hat. and a thin and wretched shambling Englishman. This is a satire on the prosperity of French under the First Consul. B. M. 9971. £175.
	General caricature by I. Cruikshank. GALIC PERFIDY, or the National Troops Attachment to their General after their defeat at Tournay. Published May 12th 1792 by S. W. Fores 3 Piccaddilly. 15 x 10¾. Uncoloured on laid paper with very small margins. A printers crease lower left. General Theobald Dillon is being murdered by his French troops. He had a command under Dumouriez in Flanders and after calling for a retreat while attacking Tournay a panic seized the cavalry and they fled and Dillon was barbarously murdered by his troops in Lille. B. M. 8085. £65
	After I. Cruikshank. THE TREASURY SPECTRE. Published in London and Paris with original colour and the usual folds. A reduced image of the Fores publication, c.1798. A gouty Pitt sits in an invalid’s chair in Bath. He is complaining about the war and his health, with the standing Dundas is giving him a drink of “The Water of Oblivion.” At this time Pitt was ill and the King had recommended that he went to Bath to recuperate. B. M. 9226A. £140.
	I. Cruikshank. MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE 9 ½ x 12 ½. Published by (Tegg). (c.1808?). Original colour, and trimmed to the image. To the left is a gent trying to get his horse across the river. To the right two amused locals point at the spectacle. The script underneath says. “Being mounted on a beast who as soon as you have watered him on the road, proceeds very cooly to repose himself in the middle of the pond, without taking you at all into his counsel or paying the slightest attention to your vivid remonstrances on the subject”. Not in the BM. See Krumbhaar No. 738. £80.
	I. Cruikshank. POLONIUS. The Tallest, Fittest, Properest, Man to walk before the King!!! Published Nov 7 1795 by S. W. Fores No 50 Piccadilly. 9¼ x 15¼. Uncoloured and on laid paper. Trimmed onto/within the engraved line around the print with very slight marks. The Marquis of Salisbury as Lord Chamberlain and he has the key of his office hanging by his side. B. M. 8724. £40.
	I. Cruikshank. Comparative Anatomy or the Dandy Tribe. Published Dec. 10th 1818 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. 13¼ x 9½. Original colour on laid paper and trimmed onto/within the plate mark. The three dandies have the heads of an ass, and ape and a dog. B. M. 13068. £185
	I. Cruikshank. THE SPREAD EAGLE. GRACE CHURCH STREET. Published by S. W. Fores 50 Piccadilly Aug 19th 1808. 9¾ x 13¾. Original colour on laid paper with reasonable margins. Old folds which are visible on the back but not on the image. George Cruikshank has added a note on the bottom left of the image “By Isaac Cruikshank. G Ck.” The fashionably dressed couple look in opposite directions. She worries about the officer lurking behind the tree while he looks up at the prostitute leaning out of the window. B. M. 11127. £275.
	I. Cruikshank. BLESS THEE BOTTOM BLESS THEE Published Jan. 1 1794, by S. W. Fores No 3. Piccadilly. 8½ x 11¾. Original colour on laid paper with small margins and slight marks. The B. M. identifies the seated figure as the sculptor Wilton, who was Keeper of the Royal Academy from 1790 to his death in 1803. The other figure has been identified as the secretary of the Academy, John Inigo Richards. B. M. 8519. £140.
	I. Cruikshank. Public House Politicians!! Published January 2 1807 by T. Tegg Cheapside. With a Tegg number top right of 135. 13¾ x 9¾. Original colour, with reasonable margins to the sides and small margins top and bottom. Small wormhole top right. Seven gentlemen sit around a long table debating. The eighth man standing at the head of the table is saying, “Gemmen – as Landlord to this here Pullitical and Larned Society, I begs leave to mention the subject of debate for this here nights iddification ‘Do the present Ministry act right or wrong?’. For my part I am undecidedly of the opinion that they act wrong to a man”. Not in the B. M. £165.
	I. Cruikshank. A Tale of Terror!!! By Thomas Tegg Cheapside. 13½ x 9½. Original colour, in the past the print has been folded into quarters which, is just visible. The Tegg number 115 is printed top right. Five people sit on chairs listening to a yarn told by a yokel as to why his hair stands on end. They conclude that he must have been talking to the devil. A woman has fallen off her chair in shock, as has another man, because a dog has jumped up onto him. Not in B.M. See Krumbhaar, No. 1193. £100.
	I. Cruikshank (?). THE THREE ORDERS OF St. PETERSBURGH. Published March 18th 1800 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly. To the lower right “Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Eve.g”. 8¾ x 13. Original colour with small margins This is a satire on the uncertainty as to the intentions of Paul Ist in relation to the Coalition and military operations. The movements of the Russian army under Suvoroff, and the uncertainties as to the orders given to it were reported in the English press. Here the Tsar holds two papers; one says Order and the other, Counter Order. On his crown is inscribed Disorder. B.M. 9526. and Krumbhaar, No. 1215. £125.
	I. Cruikshank. The Scotch Cottage of Glenburnia. Published by T. Tegg, 111, Cheapside. (Dated 1810 on the B. M. copy). With Tegg Caricatures No 33. centre top. 13¾ x 9¾. Original colour with good margins. A view inside a poor cottage. The muckheap and ‘pond’ with ducks on is immediately outside the open door. A gentleman, (who is visiting with two friends), and finding the house in disarray, is speaking to the mother, he is saying, “ Mistress Mclarthy, why do you not make your Daughters assit you-" The mother replies, “Indeed my Daughters can clean the House, or milk the Ky as weel as I can when they like, but its no often they will be Flashed”. B. M. 11651. £140.
	I. R. Cruikshank. THE FLYING PRIVY. From WESTMORELAND. Published by G. Humphrey 24 St James’s St. June 1827. 9¾ x 14. Original colour with small margins and on water marked paper of 1826. Some very slight surface marks. Canning was asked to form an administration in April, Westmoreland was one of those who resigned. Here he is seen dropping a large gold coloured Privy Seal; the two men below are holding their noses. B.M. 15412. £120.
	I. Cruikshank. Scene. a Club Room. Lucky Dogs Sharing a Capital Prize… No publication details on the plate. 15 x 11½. Original colour and trimmed onto/within the plate mark. On thin paper with old folds with slight damage on the folds. Not in the B. M. £125.
	I. Cruikshank. THE NEW CONSULAR WALTZ. Published May 29th 1803, by T. Williamson No 20 Strand. 13¾ x 9¾. Original colour with reasonable margins, although the margins have some marks, and small paper loss, but this is outside the plate mark, with a watermark of 1810. Seven women toss Napoleon in the air, the one on the right says “….Can you behave peaceably”. Napoleon is saying “Oh that I were safe in Egypt”. In the background, sit a Dutchman and a Spaniard. B. M. 10001. £175.
	I.R. and G. Cruikshank. THE SPIRIT MOVES!!! No publisher’s imprint (the same as the B. M. copy). 14 x 10. Original colour with reasonable margins. The glum looking couple on the right says “The Spirit Moveth Not” B. M. 13098. £235.
	I. Cruikshank. LORD MUM SUCKING HIS THUMB. Published by Fores. November 10th 1796. 8 ½ x 13 ¾. Original colour. Most of the plate mark showing. Remains of blue album sheet on the verso. An indecisive Lord Malmesbury sucks his thumbs. This relates to his peace mission with the French, and the quotes given probably derive from a quotation in the paris newspapers of October 28th. B. M. 8832. See Krumbhaar No. 677. £100.
	I. Cruikshank. A Nice Lady or An Incomparable !!! Published Oct. 20th 1813 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly. 8¾ x 13½. Original colour on laid paper and trimmed to the border. Her clothes are inscribed with names of food with fish predominating. Her skirt is‘fishing net’. Her bonnet a 'Scallop Shell’; her teeth ‘Pearl Oyster’ and her hands are ‘Fish hooks or Crab Claws’. B. M. 13057. £280.
	I. Cruikshank. THE SERENADE! Published Oct. 11. 1802 by T. Williamson No 20 Strand. 11 x 8. Original colour and good margins. A social caricature where the title explains all. Not in the B. M. £95.
	I. Cruikshank. JOHNY MAC-CREE in the Dumps!! Published April 12 – 1805 by S. W. Fores. 50. Piccadilly London. 13¾ x 9¾. Original colour, with small margins. On laid paper. Two elderly Scots discuss the Melville case. One, whilst taking snuff, (from an elaborate horn snuffbox), says, “Touch the Sillar!!! – Tis a disgrace on aw Scotland!” Melville on the left is seen weeping saying, “What my ain Countrymen turn their backs on me! then tis up with Johny Mac-cree”. On the right, Pitt runs off furtively saying, “I must cut out this connexion - & leave him to his fate”. B. M. 10385. £160.
	I. Cruikshank. LOVE AND FOLLY. Published Oct. 1. 1807 by Laurie & Whittle. 53. Fleet Street. 10½ x 8¾. Original colour and trimmed onto/within the plate mark. The toothless old man and the pretty young woman dance hand in hand. The smartly dressed group following on hardly bother to conceal their mirth, and even cupid has to be led as he is blindfolded. B. M. 10953. £75
	I. Cruikshank. SHEWING THE GARDEN. Published by Allen and West 15 Paternoster Row August 27. 1796. 10 x 7½. Uncoloured, with small margins. One of the plates from ‘Eccentric Excursions’ published in 1797. The 1807 issue has removed or altered dates. A stout cit stands outside his house showing his fashionable visitor the latrine, which is a pseudo-gothic building at the bottom of the garden. B. M. 8942. £15.
	I. Cruikshank. A RIGHT HON. ALIAS A SAN CULOTTE. Alias a Man of the People. Alias; the Dissipated Patriot. Alias the Gamester. alias the Leader of the Opposition…. Published June 14th 1793 by W. Fores Piccadilly 9½ x 13¾. Original colour, trimmed onto the plate mark on three sides and almost to the image on the right. Some marks. Fox shown as a beggar, this is a satire on the subscription raised for Fox as a result of his desperate financial plight. B. M. 8332. £125.
	I. Cruikshank. COLLEGE PORTRAITS. Published By Allen & West 15 Paternoster Row December 31 1796. 7½ x 10. Uncoloured and trimmed onto/within the plate mark. Nine heads of undergraduates from Oxford. B. M. 8976. £15.
	I. Cruikshank. SCOTCH WASHING. Published by T. Tegg – 111 Cheapside. (c.1809). 13½ x 9½. Original colour with small margins at the sides and trimmed onto/within the plate mark at the top and bottom. Slight marks at the top corners, just touching the engraved area on the top left. A slight mark just above the head of the young women in the centre. Visitors to Scotland often commented on the bare legs of the women washing clothes in tubs or in streams. Here an interested passer by is being soaked by the young women in the stream. Not in the B. M. See B. M. 11476 for a reduced image of the same title by I. Cruikshank. £200.
	I. Cruikshank. SYMPTOMS OF COURAGE OR THE TABLES TURNED. Published August 16, 1790 by S. W. Fores No 3 Piccadilly. 14¾ x 11. Original colour on laid paper. Trimmed onto/within the plate mark at the top, otherwise reasonable margins. The left hand side shows an affair of honour between de Voglas, Adjutant-General of the army, and Orleans. The second image depicts an imagined sequel. B. M. 7667. £150.
	General caricature by I. Cruikshank. A LONG HEADED MINUET. Published by T. Tegg. 111 Cheapside. (c.1810). 13¾ x 9¾. Original colour on wove paper with reasonable margins. The seated man on the right echoes what the others are saying when he says, “Oh Charming. Grace in all her steps. Heaven in her eye. In every gesture Dignity and Love.” Not in the B. M. £130.
	I. Cruikshank. THE LAST INTERVIEW BETWEEN LOUIS XVI. KING OF FRANCE, AND HIS FAMILY. Published March 8th 1793 by S.W. Fores No 3 Piccadilly. 13½ x 10. Original colour on laid paper and trimmed onto/within the plate mark. Soft old creases down the centre, which are noticeable in the title area. Louis, his wife and children are in his dungeon. This meeting took place on January 20th. B. M. 8312. £130.
	I. Cruikshank. THE MARTYRDOM OF LOUIS XVI. KING OF FRANCE. Published February 1st 1793 by S. W. Fores No.3 Piccadilly. 8¼ x 10. Original colour on wove paper with reasonable margins. Small split in the paper on the word ‘Die’ below the title. The words below the title are ‘I forgive my Enemies. I die Innocent !!!’ B. M. 8297. £75
	I. Cruikshank. THE SAILOR AND THE QUACK DOCTOR !! Published by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside. (? 1807). 13¾ x 9¾. Original colour on wove paper with reasonable margins. Slight creasing. The colour is slightly faded. The sailor has come for treatment of a wound but is worried by the skeleton. The doctor replies “…sign a certificate of your cure, and I’ll take you in hand immediately on paying down of ten Guineas.” B. M. 10896. £170.
	I. Cruikshank. VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS. Published by S. W. Fores. 50 Piccadilly January 16th 1798. 14½ x 10. Original colour on laid paper. Small margins on three sides and trimmed onto/within the plate mark at the lower edge. Slight marks. Pitt and Dundas wait by the large ‘Subscription Book’. This is a satire on the miscarriages of the war as well as on the voluntary contribution proposed by the Speaker as an addition to the tripling of the Assessed Taxes. B. M. 9157. £125.
	I. Cruikshank. THE QUARRELL ABOUT PENSIONS AMICABLY SETTLED. Published April 13th 1796 by S. W. Fores N 50 Piccadilly. 14 x 9¾. Original colour on wove paper. Trimmed onto/within the plate mark. Burke, Fox and the Duke of Bedford. Bedford had attacked Burke’s pension, and here Fox says, “Take the Advice of a common friend – the less said about the matter the better.” B. M. 8795. £135.
	I. Cruikshank. A MUDDY. A SKECTCH IN BOND STREET. Published April 3 1800 by S. W. Fores. 50. Piccadilly. 14¾ x 10¾. Original colour on laid paper and reasonable margins on three sides and trimmed onto the margin at the top. A small coach with large lackeys. The two dandies are talking to the two ladies who smile appreciatively. Not in the B. M. Krumbhaar 779. £195.
	I. Cruikshank. DOCTOR SANGRADO RELIEVING JOHN BULL OF THE YELLOW FEVER. Published February 25th 1795 by S. W. Fores No 3 Piccadilly. 15½ x 9¾. Original colour on laid paper with reasonable margins. Pitt has just bled John Bull and the outpouring of Golden guineas overflows the container that Portland holds. Windham is the nurse by the fire and the kettle spouts ‘Conventions, Plots, Conspiracy’s. Treasons, Rebellion, Seditions, Invasions, Assassinations.’ John says, “Oh doctor, Doctor, I fear you will take too much from me. You have bled me very freely already, I am sure I cannot support it very long.” B. M. 8620. £240.
	I. Cruikshank. TWELFTH NIGHT. Published January 10th 1812 by Thomas Tegg 111 Cheapside. 13½ X 9½. Original colour with reasonable margins and a slight mark just above the hand holding the bag. A tear going into the title at the bottom, but not into the image. The figure on the left says “Come my good Friends, draw away, let things go on how they will – do not let us lose sight of good Old English Customs – the Bulwark of our Constitution.” They all hold up drawings representing themselves, with both positive and negative comments. Not in the B. M. £125.