^Lot 498 George Cruikshank

British caricaturist and illustrator (1792–1878) best known for his works satirizing contemporary politics and his illustrations for the works of Charles Dickens. Original signed pencil sketches on both sides of an off-white 4.25 x 7 sheet. One side bears six sketches of human figures in action, signed at the bottom in black ink by Cruikshank, with the reverse having two images of figures in rectangular boxes, initialed by Cruikshank. Several lines of text, in pencil, are across the upper portion of one page. In very good condition, with scattered toning and soiling, several handwritten lines of text across a couple of the figures, and a couple of creases.