A Comic Alphabet
February 9, 2016
You might like to see other work by George Cruikshank
Jack Sheppard, Thief, Highwayman & Escapologist
The Bloody Romance of the Tower
Henry Mayhew’s Punch & Judy Man
and these other alphabets
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How fantastic that ‘going’ is the entry for G
Zoo animals were obviously a ‘thing’
What’s going on between Isaac and John (something anti jewish I suppose?)
I bet George Cruikshank was good fun
I liked the lead illustration the author with the funny legs. The pics are so good, with clever layout/text and vibrant colours from etched plates, then printing pulls which are at there best. They show the costume and attitudes of the period, we can learn so much from these pics about life in the 19th C no photo shoots then. I think the characters ‘could be’ those from ‘The Diary of a Nobody’ Mr Pooter, Carrie, Lupin and co perhaps they are a bit later. John
Wonderfully humorous drawings. I also love them for how they show the society of the day and their pre-occupations. I now know who Xantippe and Edward Bright of Maldon were!
Perhaps an early image of frotteurism in Singing?
Wonderful graphic design — it has survived all these times!
Love & Peace
ACHIM
Luv it! Still lively after all these years.
How wonderful Cruikshank was, these are all brilliant, and they certainly do stand the test of time as his observation and graphic design skills are second to none. Thank you again GA. If only we had artists like this now!!