Isaac Cruikshank
Isaac Cruikshank was a British and Scottish caricaturist, illustrator, draftsperson, printmaker, painter and etcher (1764–1811). He was born at Edinburgh and died at London.
Also recorded as Isaac Cruickshank; Isaac Robert Cruikshank.
Isaac Cruikshank in brief
- Born
- 1764
- Died
- 1811
- Known for
- caricaturist, illustrator, draftsperson, printmaker, painter, etcher, watercolorist and artist
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Isaac Cruickshank and Isaac Robert Cruikshank. His recorded language was English.
2 children are recorded: George Cruikshank and Isaac Robert Cruikshank.
Formation and teaching
As a teacher, Isaac Cruikshank is recorded in connection with George Cruikshank. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Recognition and collections
Work by Isaac Cruikshank is held by Nationalmuseum, Auckland Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria and Australian National Maritime Museum.
Catalogued works
94 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1792 to 1892.
A London Character, held by Q214867, inventory 2009.70.101. The Martyr of Equality, dated 1793, held by Q214867, inventory 1991.203.12. The Sportsmen Resting, held by Q214867, inventory 2000.175.3. The Sportsmen's Departure, held by Q214867, inventory 2000.175.4. The Wedding Night, dated 1797, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1970.541.116. Cestina Warehouse or Belly Piece Shop, dated 1793, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 59.533.475. The Man in the Moon! of Cosular Observations, dated 1803, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 59.533.889. Embarking on the Ferry, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.4.204. The Supper Box at Vauxhall, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.4.205. The Flight, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.4.206. Before the Magistrate, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.4.207. Comic Song: The Bold Dragoon, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.4.1110. A Worthy Alderman and his Friends Canvasing or Strong Recommendations for the mem'br of Parl'ament, dated 1795, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1974.12.248. Resignation the Greatest of all Virtues, dated 1792, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1974.12.249. The Faith of Treaties Exemplified or John Bull's last Effort to Oblige his False Friends, dated 1794, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1974.12.253. A legal method of thrashing out Grain, dated 1800, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1974.12.259. General Sorrow, touring the French Directory into Russia, dated 1799, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1974.12.315. The Maid of Bath or Mac in her Teens, dated 1792, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1974.12.317. Royal Recreation, dated 1795, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1974.12.318. Table D'Hote, dated 1821, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1974.12.332. The Lending Library, dated 1805, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.4.867. View of the Houses of Lords and Commons from Old Palace Yard, dated 1808, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1977.14.17696. Ma'm Vandercrout and Suitors, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1977.14.5238. The Cuckold Departs for the Hunt, dated 1800, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B2001.2.769. Washing the Blackamoor, dated 1795, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1977.14.9704. General Fast, dated 1796, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1981.25.1096. General Complaint, dated 1796, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1981.25.1097. The British Menagerie, dated 1796, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1981.25.1107. The Modern Gulliver Removing the P(a)rl(iamen)t of Lilliput, dated 1800, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1981.25.1108. The Complaint, dated 1796, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1981.25.1115. A Lesson for Princes, dated 1796, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1981.25.1116. The Gallant Nelson Bringing Home Two Uncommon Fierce French Crocodiles from the Nile as a Present to the King, dated 1798, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1981.25.1121. The Origin of Cockney, dated 1798, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1981.25.1122. Plunderer Beating Duplicity - or - Amusements at Cairo, dated 1799, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1981.25.1123. The Ghost of Buonaparte Appearing to the Directory!!!, dated 1799, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1981.25.1124. General Mack, Scampering Back!, dated 1799, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1981.25.1125. An Irish Union, dated 1799, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1981.25.1126. A Visit to the Irish Pig!... With Reflections Physical & Moral, dated 1799, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1981.25.1127. Drawing for Twelfth-Cake at St. Annes Hill!!, dated 1799, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1981.25.1128. A New Irish Jaunting Carr. The Tandem - or Billy in HIs Sulky, dated 1799, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1981.25.1129. The ghost of Buonaparte appearing to the Directory.!!! The Russian colossus after making the tour of Italy, France &c carrying home a few presents for the Empress. Owen of Carron. Edward Lord Thurlow. The Corsican cuckoo. Midnight merriment, or, A nocturnal ramble through St. Giles's. The jubilee of 1809. Iohn Bull refreshing the bears memory. General Swarrow, towing the French Directory into Russia!! Patience, or, A bad job. The royal jester, or, Prince's cabinet of wit. The first articles in requisition at Amsterdam or the sans culotts become tout's culotts. Iohny Bull giving Boney a pull. Rights of man alias French liberty alias entering volunteers for the Republic. A new French bussing match or more cursing & swearing for the Assembly. Lord Howe they run or the British tars giving the Carmignols a dressing on memorable 1st of June 1794. The contrast, or, The opposite consequences of good and evil habits. The Cockney sportsman. John Bull and Bonaparte!! Olympic games or John Bull introducing his new ambassador to the grand consul. The martyr of equality ... Thoughts on the invasion! The Scotch cottage of Glenburnia. Bruin become mediator. Iohn Bull at the sign, the case is altered". Harlequin's last skip. The right owner. Scotch cleanliness nl. Vide Cottagers of Glenburnie. The democracy of France. Gen. John Bull pepering[!] Bonapate[!] in the front & rear. Scotch washing. The triumphs of the sons of Belial, or, Liberty vanquished. The Crown and Anchor desperdado [sic] or the cracked member belonging to the Bedlam rangers. Britannia blowing up the Corsican bottle conjurer. Munchausen at Walcheren. The Cruikshankian Momus, dated 1892. Three Friezes of Chinese Figures, dated 1800–1856, graphite, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 67.708.2. Miss Horton as Morgana, dated 1830–44, watercolor, pen and black ink, over graphite, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 65.551.4(6). The Rage, or Shepherds I have lost My Waist, dated December 1, 1794, hand-colored etching, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2022.309.34. The Happy Effects of that Grand System of Shutting Ports Against the English!!, dated published October 1, 1808, hand-colored etching on paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1928.1285. John Bull Humbugg'd Alias both Ear'd, dated published May 12, 1794, hand-colored etching on ivory paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1928.1257. The Rival Pigs, dated published June 15, 1795, hand-colored etching on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1928.1252. An Irish Epitaph, dated 1807, etching with hand-coloring on wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1942.216. Dr. Sangrado Relieving John Bull of Yellow Fever, dated published February 25, 1795, hand-colored etching on paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1928.1321. Battle of Barbers and Surgeons, dated published August 14, 1797, hand-colored etching on paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1944.481. A collection of bottles of alcohol. Etching by George Cruikshank., held by Wellcome Collection. A man playing the violin with the instrument representing his face. Etching attributed to Cruikshank., dated 1818, held by Wellcome Collection. A wizard raising devils out of the ground, to the horror of a man and a woman. Coloured etching, 1795., dated 20th Nov. 1795, held by Wellcome Collection. Baron Donderdronkdickdorff and Miss Quoltz: after their wedding, they quarrel and are surprised by a servant. Etching, 1810, attributed to I. Cruikshank and/or G. Cruikshank., dated 20 March 1810, held by Wellcome Collection. Two doctors quarreling while their patient deteriorates. Coloured engraving by I. Cruikshank, 1794., dated 24 December 1794, held by Wellcome Collection. A doctor reprimanding an obese patient for not taking his medicine. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1797., dated 20 December 1797, held by Wellcome Collection. Miss Baily reviving from her attempted suicide while her manservant cudgels the foppish object of her affections. Coloured reproduction of an etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807., held by Wellcome Collection. A prosperous cobbler in Grub Street recommends his shop to a hungry poet. Etching by I. Cruikshank, 1808., dated Apr. 25 1808, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 8 named public collections.
Yale Center for British Art: 109 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Q214867: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Prints in the National Gallery of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Metropolitan Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. drawings in the National Gallery of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 128 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 60 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Cruikshank, Isaac, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Cruikshank, Isaac, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Cruikshank, Robert Isaac, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Cruikshank, (Isaac) Robert, Oxford Art Online, 2003. ISAAC CRUIKSHANK, Isaac Cruikshank, 1966. The Protestant St George too much for All the Tallons or the Beast with seven heads., 1807. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CARICATURE BY ISAAC CRUIKSHANK IN THE COLLECTION OF THE LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Scientific and analytical journal Burganov House. The space of culture, 2024. ‘The contrast’ and Isaac Cruikshank, 1890. Isaac Cruikshank and the notion of British liberty, 1783-1811, 2011. Isaac Cruikshank and the politics of parody : watercolors in the Huntington collection, 1994. Isaac Cruikshank: A Catalogue Raisonne, with a Sketch of His Life and Work, 1966. The Tooth-ache: imagined by Horace Mayhew, realised by George Cruikshank, 1849, Faculty Dental Journal, 2024. From a Distance — the Remote Cityscape as Dream and Nightmare, E-REA, 2016.
Digitised editions and texts
4 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
A London Character — Internet Archive. The Wedding Night (1797) — Internet Archive. Quack Doctor, G. W. Stevens in His Lecture on Heads (1793) — Internet Archive. Cestina Warehouse or Belly Piece Shop (1793) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 9 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 9 means 9 genuinely separate publishers of record. 9 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
George Cruikshank is recorded as having studied under Isaac Cruikshank. the recorded working language is English.
Places of work recorded in the authority are London.
Work by Isaac Cruikshank is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Auckland Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Australian National Maritime Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Chronology
- 1764Isaac Cruikshank born at Edinburgh.
- 1793The Martyr of Equality (Q214867).
- 1793Cestina Warehouse or Belly Piece Shop (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1793Quack Doctor, G. W. Stevens in His Lecture on Heads digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1793Cestina Warehouse or Belly Piece Shop digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1797The Wedding Night (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1797The Wedding Night digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1811Isaac Cruikshank died at London.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Cruikshank, (Isaac) Robert, Oxford Art Online, 2003
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
Cruikshank, Isaac, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
- 4.
Cruikshank, Robert Isaac, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 5.
- 6.
Open Library author record for Isaac Cruikshank (Internet Archive), 6 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 7.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Isaac Cruikshank.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
Internet Archive, 4 digitised items catalogued under Isaac Cruikshank as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 9.
Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Isaac Cruikshank.
scholarly index · Unverified
Consult the source - 10.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Isaac Cruikshank.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 11.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Isaac Cruikshank (128 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Consult the source - 12.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 60 works naming Isaac Cruikshank.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 13.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q3154738: Isaac Cruikshank
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 14.
“Isaac Cruikshank”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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