Isaac Cruikshank

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Category: Satire
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  • Birth - Death: 1764 (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1811 (London, England)
  • Medium, style: Scottish painter & caricaturist
  • Work: Social & Political satire, John Bull, Edinburgh "types"
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Isaac Cruikshank was a Scottish painter and caricaturist. He spent most of his career in London, England. Cruikshank is known for his social and political satire. His sons, Isaac Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856) and George Cruikshank (1792-1878) also became artists. George Cruikshank, in particular, achieved fame as an illustrator and caricaturist.