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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1865,1111.2310
Title
Series:
The Bottle
Description
The drunken father, dejectedly seated by the fire and smoking his pipe, his two small children watching him with apprehension, the mother giving the elder daughter their clothes to pawn for more alcohol, some areas highlighted and tinted in white; illustration to Cruikshank's "The Bottle" (1847) Hand-shaded glyphograph
Producer name
Print made by:
George Cruikshank
Published by:
David Bogue
School/style
British
Production date
1847
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
glyphograph
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
220 millimetres
Width:
322 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank
(2710)
Cohn 1924 / George Cruikshank, catalogue raisonné
(194)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
drunkenness
domestic life
money-lender
Associated titles
Associated Title:
The Bottle
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1865,1111.2310