George Cruikshank - Le Retour de Paris or the Niece Presented to her Relatives

Le Retour de Paris, or, the Niece Presented to her Relatives by her French Governess

George Cruikshank’s original etching, "Le Retour de Paris, or, the Niece Presented to her Relatives by her French Governess", was initially published in 1816. This original impression, bearing the British publisher’s address of Thomas McLean, hails from the second and final edition of 1835. The designer of "Le Retour de Paris" (The Return from Paris) is presently not known. The ‘E H L’ monogram may possibly belong to Victorian England’s most famous animal painter, Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873). Simon Houfe writes that Landseer often created caricatures in either wash or brown ink, particularly while staying with friends in country houses. A potential stumbling block for this attribution is, of course, the date. Edwin Henry Landseer was born in 1802 which means he would have been fourteen or fifteen when he drew this caricature. At the age of fourteen, however, Landseer had already been admitted to the Royal Academy schools and had exhibited at the Royal Academy (1815).

Le Retour de Paris, or, the Niece Presented to her Relatives by her French Governess

View other original etchings by George Cruikshank.

George Cruikshank (London, 1792 - 1878)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	-
01.-		A Party of Pleasure by George Cruikshank designed by Captain Frederick Marryat	Original Etching	August, 01 1835	Sold
02.-		A Swarm of English Bees Hiving in the Imperial Carriage!! by George Cruikshank	Original Etching	1816 (Second and Final Edition, 1835)
03.-		Anglo - Gallic Salutations in London - or, Practice makes Perfect by George Cruikshank	Original Etching	1816 (Second and Final Edition, 1835)
04.-		Anglo - Parisian Salutations or, Practice par Excellence! by George Cruikshank	Original Etching	1816 (Second and Final Edition, 1835)
05.-		Humming-Birds -- or a Dandy Trio by George Cruikshank	Original Etching	c. 1820 (Second and Final Edition, 1835)	Sold
06.-		Le Retour de Paris, or, the Niece Presented to her Relatives by her French Governess by George Cruikshank	Original Etching	1816 (Second and Final Edition, 1835)
07.-		Monstrosities of 1819 and 1820 by George Cruikshank	Original Etching	1819 and 1820 (Second and Final Edition, 1835)	Sold
08.-		Monstrosities of 1822 by George Cruikshank	Original Etching	1822 (Second and Final Edition, 1835)	Sold
09.-		The "Bloomers" in Hyde Park, or an Extraordinary Exhibition for 1852 by George Cruikshank	Original Etching	1852 (First State of Two)
10.-		The Advantages of Travel; -or- 'A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing' (Plate I) & (Plate II) by George Cruikshank	A Set of Two Original Etchings	1834 (Second and Final Edition, 1835)
11.-		The Good Effects of Carbonic Gas by George Cruikshank	Original Hand-Coloured Etching	December 10, 1807 (First and Only Edition)
12.-		Very Unpleasant Weather, or the Old Saying Verified, 'Raining Cats, Dogs and Pitchforks' by George Cruikshank	Original Hand-Coloured Etching	1820 (Second and Final Edition, 1835)	Sold

View other original etchings by Issac Robert Cruikshank.

Isaac Robert Cruikshank (London, 1789 - 1856)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	-
01.-		Dandy Fainting - or - an Ekquisite in Fits by Isaac Robert Cruikshank	Original Etching	1822 (Second and Final Edition, 1835)	Sold
02.-		Household Troops, or a Sketch of a Few, of the Principal Trustworthy and Confidential Domestics of Worthy and Confiding Families by Isaac Robert Cruikshank	Original Etching	1827 (Second and Final Edition, 1835)
03.-		Monstrosities of 1827 by Isaac Robert Cruikshank	Original Etching	1827 (Second and Final Edition, 1835)	Sold

Selected Directories in our Gallery (Art of The Print / www.artoftheprint.com), with a focus on the area of interest for this original work of art.
Art of the Print / www.artoftheprint.com sells international fine art. Our collection consists of original paintings, watercolors, drawings, and original prints, such as etchings, engravings, lithographs, woodcuts, silk-screens, aquatints, mezzotints, linocuts, monoprints, and other mediums of original art. All of these works of art have been created by prominent and established painters, illustrators, watercolour artists and printmakers from around the world. The art in our gallery ranges from the early Renaissance period to the modern and contemporary art period. You can view other original artworks similar to the subject under discussion on this page listed in the following art directories.
Century:
Fine 19th Century Artist Index	The 'Fine 19th Century Art' directory contains a selection original works of art created by international painters, illustrators and graphic artists. These original works date from 1800 to 1899.
Country:
British Artists Index	The 'British Art' directory contains a listing of original works of art created by artists from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and or art with a British theme. The artworks date from the 17th century to the 20th century.
Subject:
Satire & Social Commentary Index	This directory contains a selection of original works of art with a focus on social issues and satirical art as portrayed by artists throughout the world in history and today. The selected works vary drastically in style. Here, you will find an assortment of rather humorous, more often hilarious depictions of people and animals in typical and unusual circumstances. And on a more serious note, there is also a selection of works portraying social criticism, a number of them based upon man’s destructive actions carried out upon humanity itself.
Sports & Games Portrayed in Art Index	The 'Sports & Games' directory contains a selection of original art concentrating upon depictions associated with sporting activities such as baseball, polo, horse racing, golf, football, fishing, hunting, boxing or table games like chess, domino, cards and various other types of hobbies and sporting events. A favourite topic which has always played a major role for artists and collectors throughout the centuries.
Transportation Portrayed in Art Index	Our 'Transportation In Art' directory contains original artworks concentrating upon depictions of vehicles used for transportation, such as, trains, wagons, ships, boats, airplanes, cars, bicycles, lunar modules, space ships and many other delightful and interesting machines associated with mankind's interest in travel.
Women Portrayed in Art Index	The 'Women in Art' directory contains a selection of original works of art with depictions of women in an almost infinite variety of roles, such as women as an object of beauty & desire, at work and of course, motherhood are major themes, as well as many other representations of women have emerged in the fine arts throughout the centuries.

Title:	Le Retour de Paris, or, the Niece Presented to her Relatives by her French Governess
Engraver:	Cruikshank, George (London, 1792 - 1878)
Designer:	Monogramme 'E H L' (Sir Edwin Henry Landseer?)
Date:	1816 (Second and Final Edition, 1835)
Medium:	Original Etching
Publisher:	Thomas McLean, Haymarket
Note:	George Cruikshank: The name of George Cruikshank deserves to stand beside those of William Hogarth, Thomas Rowlandson and James Gillray as representing the greatest satirical artists from the Golden Age of this art form. As a child he learned etching techniques from his father, Isaac Cruikshank (1762-1811), a fine satirical artist in his own right. George Cruikshank published his first etching at the age of twelve. During the second and third decades of the nineteenth century he created works of art which equaled the etchings of Gillray and Rowlandson in their technical abilities, but which perhaps surpassed either of these masters in their pure and wonderful humour. More than any other artist of satire, George Cruikshank was at his best when the target was -- as in this fine example -- culture, fashion and social life. George Cruikshank also worked in collaboration with his brother, Isaac Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856), another fine caricaturist and satirical artist, as well as other satirical designers, such as Captain Frederick Marryat.
	As the conservative Victorian era began (1837) most forms of satirical art grew to be unfashionable. George Cruikshank thus turned his talents to the illustrated book. Some of the greatest volumes from these later times, including Dickens’s "Oliver Twist", bear testimony to the lifelong creativity of his art.
	In 1835 the London publisher, Thomas McLean, acquired a number of the most popular plates of both George and Robert Cruikshank and reprinted them with his address for a second and final edition which was titled, "Cruikshankiana". This original etching, "Le Retour de Paris, or, the Niece Presented to her Relatives by her French Governess" hails from this edition.
	Edwin Henry Landseer: The designer of "Le Retour de Paris" (The Return from Paris) is presently not known. The ‘E H L’ monogram may possibly belong to Victorian England’s most famous animal painter, Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873). Simon Houfe writes that Landseer often created caricatures in either wash or brown ink, particularly while staying with friends in country houses. A potential stumbling block for this attribution is, of course, the date. Edwin Henry Landseer was born in 1802 which means he would have been fourteen or fifteen when he drew this caricature. At the age of fourteen, however, Landseer had already been admitted to the Royal Academy schools and had exhibited at the Royal Academy (1815).
	The commentary for George Cruikshank’s original etching, Le Retour de Paris, or, the Niece Presented to her Relatives by her French Governess is provided below. To the right, the Governess, the returning niece and the man servant all speak in French. A rough translation is provided. The Niece (to the extreme left): "Well-a-day Aunt! what Monstrosities are these? The Aunt: In the name of all that’s Christian speak & say what you are & where you come from, your Hottenpots,__ Aye don’t talk to me of Turpuschore & Green Owls or any of your hocus pocus nonsense. Speak plain English you Mountebanks do -- or Ill make you answer before my Husband, one of his Majesty’s justices -- I will. The Governess (in French): Madame I have the honour to present your Niece, she is totally French, speaks our language flawlessly, sings like an angel, dances like the Terpsichore, she even eats frogs. (The Returning Niece): My dear Aunt, my Uncle, my Sister, don’t you recognize your little Emily? (The Man Servant): Oh Devil! as I tremble when I look upon the threatening visage of the big Monsieur Bull, and when I hear the barbaric voice of this Grenadier I am ready to die -- but I will conceal myself as much as I can behind Madame."
Raisonne:	Albert M. Cohn, George Cruikshank: "A Catalogue Raisonne", London, Bookman’s Journal, 1924 (Reprinted, 1971). Cohn #1314, Second and Final State as published in 1835.
	Note: The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, includes an impression of "Le Retour de Paris, or, the Niece Presented to her Relatives by her French Governess" in its permanent collection.
Size:	10 5/8 X 15 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $385.00 US
Condition:	Printed on early nineteenth century wove paper and with large margins as published by Thomas McLean in 1835. Containing slight scuffing in the outer margins and one restored tear to the lower right (not intruding into the actual etching) else in very good condition throughout. "Le Retour de Paris, or, the Niece Presented to her Relatives by her French Governess" stands as a prime, original example of the famous satirical art of George Cruikshank and, possibly, a very early example of the art of Sir Edwin Henry Landseer.
Subject:	George Cruikshank, "Le Retour de Paris, or, the Niece Presented to her Relatives by her French Governess", original etching, Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873), Governess, Returning Niece, The Return from Paris, caricatures, satirical art, Thomas McLean, Cruikshankiana, Oliver Twist.
Important Information:	The artist biographies, research and or information pertaining to all the original works of art posted on our pages has been written and designed by Greg & Connie Peters exclusively for our site, (www.artoftheprint.com). Please visit us regularly to view the latest artworks offered for sale. We will soon be posting an update of our most recent research and include the biographical and historical information pertaining to our next collection of original works of art created by artists throughout the centuries. We hope you found the information you were looking for and that it has been beneficial. Our Gallery, (Art of the Print / www.artoftheprint.com) guarantees the authenticity of every work of art we sell 100%. Full documentation and certification is provided. We offer a wide selection of international fine art dating from the early Renaissance to the contemporary art period.