Saturday 13 January 2007

Cruikshank's Comic Almanack

Cruikshank's Comic Almanack

Cruickshank's April Showers

A teaser for forthcoming pics on www.victorianlondon.org ... a complete set of the 'months' in the great cartoonist's Almanack, 1835-38, and some other selections. What I love about Cruikshank is the level of painterly detail that goes into every cartoon. Above is April 1835 (on the theme of April showers) - note the "Umbrella Depot" ... certainly Victorian shops were commonly called "Warehouses" (eg. "Jay's Mourning Warehouse") and I suspect "Depot" was commonplace too.

2 comments:

  1. If look closely you can see Cruickshank has named his street St Swithins!

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  2. And there a ?portable shower-bath? on the right ... ??!

    I'll get the pictures online in the next week or so ... watch this space!

    Lee

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