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George Cruikshank
A British caricaturist and book illustrator. He did illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors and reached an international audience. He is the illustrator of Oliver Twist's images which were wood engravings. He died in February 1, 1878. -
Invention of Wood Engraving
A variety of woodcut, using relief printing, where the artist applies ink to the face of the block and prints using relatively low pressure. By contrast, ordinary engraving, like etching, uses a metal plate where the ink fills the valleys, the removed areas. As a result, wood engravings deteriorate less quickly than copper-plate. This became more popular than painting at the turn of the century and most portaits were produced in this fashion. -
Charles Dickens
Dickens was the successful author of many works including Oliver Twist. He worked very close with his illustrators, making sure they captured his characters correctly. He died on June 9, 1870 -
Oliver Twist
The first installment of Oliver Twist is published, chapters one and two. Oliver Twist is about an orphaned boy who starts his life in a workhouse and is then apprenticed with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London where he meets the artful Dodger, a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets, which is led by the elderly criminal Fagin. -
Cruikshank Chapter 2
This is the first image in Oliver Twist that depicts Oliver asking Mr. Bumble for more food. This action results in Oliver being sent away from the workhouse he lived in to a gravedigger's home. Cruikshank chose to draw this because it is a crusail point in the novel. -
Cruikshank, Chapter 23
Mr. Bumble and Mrs. Corney are getting very close and have decided to marry when Mr. Bumble's job allows them to. This chapter is important because it is when both characters decide to hind information about Oliver's past. -
Cruikshank, Chapter 25
Oliver is shot after being forced to help rob house. -
Cruikshank, Chapter 28
Oliver dazed from being shot stumbles to the house of people who shot him asking for help. -
Cruikshank, Chapter 50
This is when Bill Sikes is hallucinating. He thinks he sees Nancy, his girlfriend, whom he had just killed. He slips off the roof and accidentally kills himself.
