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The Bottle

Maker

(artist)
1792-1878

(engraver)
1792-1878

Title

The Bottle

Date of Production

(?) 1847

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Height: 25.2 cm
Width: 33.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4157

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords









ward


poorhouse












insane







Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper centre margin, printed: THE BOTTLE.

Inscription: Recto: lower right within image on floorboard, printed: Designed and Etched by George Cruikshank 1847.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: Plate. VIII. - THE BOTTLE HAS DONE ITS WORK - IT HAS DESTROYED THE INFANT AND THE MOTHER, IT HAS BROUGHT THE SON AND THE DAUGHTER TO VICE AND TO THE STREETS, AND HAS LEFT THE FATHER A HOPELESS MANIAC.

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