"Sparring," an 1817 watercolor by George Cruikshank

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‘The Golden Age of Satire?’ is on view UK until 12 January 2020. With objects from , 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.

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Karl von Drais invented the 'dandy horse' in 1817, the precursor to our modern
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

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8 Nov 1605 – Robert Catesby, the leader of the Gunpowder Plot is killed in a confrontation with soldiers sent to arrest him – an earlier an attempt to dry out their gunpowder ended in disaster for the conspirators…‘The Explosion at Holbeach’ by Cruikshank, via Wikipedia1840

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Encomiable costumbre la del británico de recordar a sus clásicos: la "Masacre de Peterloo" de George Cruikshank (1819) reinterpretada por

más detalles https://t.co/OQl0FkXMEz

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Long week which made me sympathize with the man in the “Headache,” a color etching by George Cruikshank, c. 1830

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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

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Thanks for spending 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

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Bool illustrator and caricaturist George Cruikshanks.

He has an impact on comic books for his work on what becomes speech balloons.

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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 https://t.co/SQ0HtIMxyh

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".. he that kills most shall be made a Knight Errant and your exploits shall live forever" Cruikshanks' "Manchester Heroes" Another trenchant contemporary response to protest from Shelley c/o tonight https://t.co/GoOJXrKeSY

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➡️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.

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sally cruikshank's work is a treasure....

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Animation art from Sally Cruikshank’s FACE LIKE A FROG (1987).

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Wine tasting at London Docks must have been fun! Sadly... no women where allowed after 1pm! 🙄
( George Cruikshank, 1821)

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old fanart of sally cruikshank's character Anita (from "quasi at the quackadero")

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Happy 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

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