Comments on: George Cruikshank At The Tower Of London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/22/george-cruikshank-at-the-tower-of-london/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 25 May 2020 15:46:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: David Green https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/22/george-cruikshank-at-the-tower-of-london/#comment-1339781 Mon, 25 May 2020 15:46:49 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181502#comment-1339781 They should have gotten Time Team in to do some excavating on Tower Green…what a show that would have been!

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/22/george-cruikshank-at-the-tower-of-london/#comment-1339561 Sat, 23 May 2020 07:14:40 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181502#comment-1339561 These are incredible drawings and the skill with which he can evoke different atmospheres, tones, textures, drama and lighting effects by just using cross hatched lines is fantastic.

The Victorians also seem to have an obsession with highly toned and muscled men’s legs which always amuses me.

]]> By: Jonathan van Halbert https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/22/george-cruikshank-at-the-tower-of-london/#comment-1339524 Fri, 22 May 2020 22:15:03 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181502#comment-1339524 Your knowledge of London clearly knows no bounds. When I was a student there I

used to buy George Cruickshank Caricatures for 1/3d black and white and 2/6 coloured.

They were so out of fashion no one wanted them.. They were copper plate Etchings and

some were hand coloured.

I believe a Cholmondeley sat at King Arthurs Table!

Jonathan.

]]> By: Pamela Traves https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/22/george-cruikshank-at-the-tower-of-london/#comment-1339520 Fri, 22 May 2020 21:38:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181502#comment-1339520 What tragic death of poor Lady Jane. She did not deserve to die like this. Her Father sent her to Her death.?????

]]> By: Jennifer Newbold https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/22/george-cruikshank-at-the-tower-of-london/#comment-1339462 Fri, 22 May 2020 12:55:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181502#comment-1339462 I was not unfamiliar with George Cruikshanks’ illustrations for ‘The Tower of London,’ but thanks to your article I have really enjoyed them for the first time.

Edward Gorey was the first illustrator whose work captured my attention, when I was ten or twelve. I had not seen the similarities in his style to Cruikshanks’ until you brought my attention to it. Had I seen it out of context, I might have thought ‘The Fall of Nightgall’ was one of Gorey’s illustrations, not Cruikshanks’!

I particularly love Cruikshanks’ masterful way of capturing the play of light and shadow.

Fantastic!

]]> By: paul loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/22/george-cruikshank-at-the-tower-of-london/#comment-1339460 Fri, 22 May 2020 12:29:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181502#comment-1339460 One look at Mauger was enough to kill.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/22/george-cruikshank-at-the-tower-of-london/#comment-1339459 Fri, 22 May 2020 12:13:46 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181502#comment-1339459 THIS is an impressive body of work — in my view, it is far more than just a series of illustrations. It is a magnum opus by Cruikshank. He’s tackled crowd scenes, night time views, character depictions, architecture, animals — using an exhaustive vocabulary of mark-making to describe
his subjects. For those who suggest that “illustrators” are not “artists”…….. sputter, sputter……
consider this amazing series. Dramatic, poignant, theatrical, descriptive, skillful.
Dare I say: epic!

What a gift, on a beautiful Friday morning in the Hudson River Valley.
Stay safe, GA — and all the readers.

]]> By: Anne Jackson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/22/george-cruikshank-at-the-tower-of-london/#comment-1339451 Fri, 22 May 2020 11:13:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181502#comment-1339451 Most interested reading this blog. Many thanks . Am a great admirer of Cruikshank and have never seen these images. Also love Gorey and see the similarity. Isolated in Melbourne I enjoy and look forward to your daily blogs.
Hopefully before am too ancient to travel will one day be able to get to the Bishopsgate Institute.
Kind Regards Anne Jackson

]]> By: Julia harrison https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/05/22/george-cruikshank-at-the-tower-of-london/#comment-1339417 Fri, 22 May 2020 05:48:17 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181502#comment-1339417 I’m glad I’m reading this first thing in the morning and not late at night: the sinister figure behind the pillar on Jane’s first night in the tower makes my hair stand on end. For a contemporary writer’s account of life in the Tower I recommend Hilary Mantel’s ‘Bring up the Bodies’.

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