gestalten

Updated: May 19, 2025

Cruikshank's works the "Busen fuhlt sich jugendlich erschuttert," the "schwankende Gestalten" of youth flit before one again, Cruikshank's thrush begins to pipe and carol, as in the days of boyhood; hence misty moralities, reflections, and sad and pleasant remembrances arise. He is the friend of the young especially. Have we not read, all the story-books that his wonderful pencil has illustrated?

William Makepeace Thackeray - George Cruikshank