Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1838
Land Sharks and Sea Gulls: Counsellor Waddy, and the Charlies
This engraving was printed in a novel called Land Sharks and Sea Gulls by William Nugent Glascock published in 1838. It shows a figure identified as a lawyer struggling to extricate himself from the watchman’s grasp. Charlie was another name for a night watchman. The novel was very critically received with the Gentleman’s Magazine calling it unmitigated nonsense. The author ‘is to be noticed for the bold and impudent publication of this puerile collection of stale inanities’. Glascock was a naval officer whose novels, though weak, did give some information about naval life during this time. Unfortunately when the novels went out of print so did the illustrations.
George Cruikshank (1792-1878) was the son of Isaac Cruikshank and was one of the most celebrated satirical artists of the period. He was especially well known for his book illustrations.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- A23149/3
- Object name:
- Land Sharks and Sea Gulls: Counsellor Waddy, and the Charlies
- Artist/Maker:
- Cruikshank, George, Bentley, Richard
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- Production date:
- 1838
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 216 mm, W 141 mm (paper)
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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