print; booklet

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Object Type: print; booklet
Museum number: 1978,U.348.1-8.+
Title: Series: The Drunkard's Children
Description: Fifteen uncut sets of the one shilling edition of 'The Drunkard's Children' a series of eight plates with inscriptions below. See 1865,1111.2317 for description and curatorial comment. (1848) Glyphograph
Producer name: Print made by: George Cruikshank; Published by: David Bogue; Published by: G P Putnam's Sons (as John Wiley and G P. Putnam); Published by: J Sands; Printed by: Spottiswoode & Shaw
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Production date: 1848
Production place: Published in: London (England); Published in: New York (city); Published in: Sydney
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$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: These sets are placed wiith a flyer for: "A series of poetical illustrations to Mr. G Cruikshank's Etchings, By Charles MacKay LLD." "Now ready, price One Shilling, of a Size to stitch up with the Plates."
Bibliographic references: Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank (2717); Cohn 1924 / George Cruikshank, catalogue raisonné (195)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: drunkenness; dance; gambling/gaming; criminal/thief; courtesan/prostitute; lawyer; police; prison; boat/ship; suicide; human remains; doctor
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1891
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1978,U.348.1-8.+
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 1891,1116.179 (Registered as duplicates)

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