print; book-illustration; pamphlet

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Object Type: print; book-illustration; pamphlet
Museum number: 1865,1111.2163
Description: A pamphlet arguing against the consumption of alcohol, a large image to the top of the sheet of an alcoholic husband returning from the pub, an expression of rage on his face, entering his meagre garret, his wife seated at her needlework looking with fear at her husband and their two children waking up in their bed, broken furniture to the foreground; Woodcut
Producer name: Print made by: George Cruikshank; Published by: William Tweedie; Print made by: James Johnston
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Production date: 1853
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Dimensions: Height: 444 millimetres (sheet); Width: 270 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
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Acquisition date: 1865
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1865,1111.2163

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