The Bottle
Maker
(artist)
1792-1878
(engraver)
1792-1878
1792-1878
(engraver)
1792-1878
Title
The Bottle
Date of Production
(?) 1847
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Height: 25.2 cm
Width: 33.1 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.
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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