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‘The Golden Age of Satire?’ is on view @TheBeaconMuseum UK until 12 January 2020. With objects from @britishmuseum, the show looks at how the British monarchy was ridiculed in prints between 1790 and 1820. Below, a caricature of the Prince of Wales by George Cruikshank from 1812.
Karl von Drais invented the 'dandy horse' in 1817, the precursor to our modern #bicycle.
The spirit moving the Quakers upon worldly vanities!!
"Many quakers ride velocipedes, towards a plain building, with Society of Friends Meeting House over the door."
― 1819, George Cruikshank
8 Nov 1605 – Robert Catesby, the leader of the Gunpowder Plot is killed in a confrontation with soldiers sent to arrest him #otd – an earlier an attempt to dry out their gunpowder ended in disaster for the conspirators…‘The Explosion at Holbeach’ by Cruikshank, via Wikipedia1840
Encomiable costumbre la del #humor británico #UK de recordar a sus clásicos: la "Masacre de Peterloo" de George Cruikshank (1819) reinterpretada por @BellBelltoons
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#BorisJohnson #Conservatives
Long week which made me sympathize with the man in the “Headache,” a color etching by George Cruikshank, c. 1830
1792 Sept 27: The fabulous British illustrator & caricaturist George Cruikshank was born. He died in 1878. Two of his medical works are "Headache" & "The Colic" https://t.co/psjYlMifc4 #histmed #OTD
Thanks for spending #fiveminuteswith comic book history with George Cruikshank. Its great that modern artists like Kirby are getting their due, but let's not forget they too stood on the shoulders of others before them.
-Cruikshanks on Napoleon's exile, 1814
Bool illustrator and caricaturist George Cruikshanks.
He has an impact on comic books for his work on what becomes speech balloons.
Qi is our energy on the verge of materializing, this idea of untapped energy before it manifests as movement. Listen in as Tiffany Cruikshank speaks on the Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio about #traditionalchinesemedicine: https://t.co/SQ0HtIMxyh
".. he that kills most shall be made a Knight Errant and your exploits shall live forever" Cruikshanks' "Manchester Heroes" Another trenchant contemporary response to #peterloo protest from Shelley c/o @MPeakeOfficial tonight @TheJohnRylands https://t.co/GoOJXrKeSY #Peterloo2019
➡️La bibliothèque de l'ancienne université de Cambridge, 1800.
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) illustrateur, caricaturiste anglais.
➡️La bibliothèque de prêt, 1800-1801.
Isaac Cruikshank (1764-1811) peintre, caricaturiste écossais. Satires politiques et sociales.
old fanart of sally cruikshank's character Anita (from "quasi at the quackadero")
Happy #InternationalGinandTonicDay! Hope you find a better place to imbibe tonight than George Cruikshank's 1820s 'Gin Shop'...
https://t.co/3oupATdVoN L.R.410.pp.24 #FridayFeeling
"The #Headache," by George #Cruikshank, #London, c. 1820.