Images Dated 11th April 2013

Humour pavement sailor art as lithography 19th century cartoon

This is a cartoon etching by the well-known Victorian social caricaturist / cartoonist George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878), dated November 1st, 1829. (1829 is in the reign of William IV, but most of Cruikshank's artistic work was in the long reign of Queen Victoria.) Cruikshank went on to illustrate a number of the books of Charles Dickens. Title: Lithography Description: Two boys look down on the work of art on a stone pavement. From the naval rope-and-anchor drawing, the ragged artist has a nautical background. Lithography, invented in 1796 (just 35 years before this cartoon was drawn) is a method for printing using a stone or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface. It was used to print text or artwork in a professional printing works. Cruikshank compares the smooth, professional lithographic limestone to the rough stone used by the amateur artist on a pavement. Designed Etched & Published by Geo. Cruikshank - Novr. 1st 1829 More cartoons by George Cruikshank

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Humour smuggler punches preventive man 19th century cartoon

This is a cartoon etching by the well-known Victorian social caricaturist / cartoonist George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878), dated November 1st, 1829. (1829 is in the reign of William IV, but most of Cruikshank's artistic work was in the long reign of Queen Victoria.) Cruikshank went on to illustrate a number of the books of Charles Dickens. Title: Black Eyed Sue the bold smuggler - and Will Watch the look out man Speech bubble: I should like to catch you overhauling my pockets indeed!! - You calls yourself a preventive man don't you Mr. Dummy? Now I'll lay you a crown that you can't prevent me from giving you a good dab of the chops. Description: Cruikshank makes a play on the term preventive man'. The preventive men were watchers on the shore who looked to intercept smugglers. An on-line reference says the era of the preventive men began in 1831, but this joke pre-dates that by a couple of years. Designed Etched & Published by Geo. Cruikshank - Novr. 1st 1829 More cartoons by George Cruikshank

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Kingfisher -Alcedo atthis-, female perched, Swabian Alb biosphere reserve, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

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