1842
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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Mr Bumble degraded in the eyes of the paupers is a 1842 by George Cruikshank, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a chaotic scene with a big group of people. One man in a hat is being shoved into a barrel by others who look angry or amused. A woman in a long dress stands nearby, watching. The lines are loose and fast, like someone scribbled it down quickly. The title says this is about a character being humiliated in front of poor people. The drawing is full of small, quick strokes—no colors, just ink on paper. Want to see more sketches like this? Check out cross-hatching.
The illustration depicts Mr Bumble, a character from Charles Dickens's *Oliver Twist*, in a moment of humiliation among paupers. Created by George Cruikshank in 1842, it is part of the visual narrative accompanying the novel's serialized publication.
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George Cruikshank or Cruickshank ( KRUUK-shank; 27 September 1792 – 1 February 1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life.
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