Tomb Of George Cruikshank is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 2001. Tomb.

Tomb Of George Cruikshank

WRENN ID: vacant-spandrel-auburn
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Kensington and Chelsea
Country: England
Date first listed: 13 June 2001
Type: Tomb
Source: Historic England listing

Description

KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

TQ2382NW HARROW ROAD W10 249/80/73 Kensal Green Cemetery 13-JUN-01 Tomb of George Cruikshank

GV II

Pedestal tomb of George Cruikshank, died 1878. Pedestal of pink Peterhead granite, formerly supporting a bronze bust (missing). Inscription describes him as `artist, designer, etcher, painter... for 30 years a total abstainer and ardent pioneer and champion by pencil, word, and pen of UNIVERSAL ABSTINENCE from INTOXICATING DRINKS. Bronze bust by William Behnes stolen; marble version in Dickens House Museum. History: Cruikshank was the outstanding cartoonist after Rowlandson; his body was subsequently removed to St Paul's Cathedral.

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