Who illustrated Oliver Twist and Sketches by “Boz”?

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Portrait of Charles Dickens seated at a desk, writing with a quill pen, dressed in a suit with a bow tie. — Charles Dickens English novelist Charles Dickens working at his craft. Dickens published some of most beloved novels in English literature, including *A Christmas Carol*, *A Tale of Two Cities*, and *Great Expectations*.

The English artist and caricaturist George Cruikshank provided the illustrations for both Sketches by “Boz” and Oliver Twist.123

Cruikshank was a prolific illustrator who became well-known for his work on Charles Dickens’s early publications. His contributions were instrumental to the success of Sketches by “Boz”, and his engravings—such as the depiction of Fagin’s final night—are famously associated with the imaginative power of Oliver Twist.213