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Gin

Engraverengraved by George Cruikshank (British, 1792–1878)

Dateabout 1855

Mediumlithograph on cream wove paper

Dimensionsimage: 20.9 x 16.1 cm (8 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
sheet: 23.9 x 17.4 cm (9 7/16 x 6 7/8 in.)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Dr. Samuel B. Woodward

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Object number1934.179

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My Sktch Book,; The Pillars of a Gin Shop

George Cruikshank

December 1834

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Charles Radcliffe

about 1805

William Hogarth

1750–1751

The Bottle, Plate II, "He is discharged from his employment for drunkeness:they pawn their clothes to supply the bottle,"

The Bottle, Plate II, "He is discharged from his employment for drunkeness:they pawn their clothes to supply the bottle,"

George Cruikshank

1800s

The Bottle, Plate III, "An execution sweeps off the greater portion of their furniture:they comfort themselves with the bottle,"

The Bottle, Plate III, "An execution sweeps off the greater portion of their furniture:they comfort themselves with the bottle,"

George Cruikshank

1847

The Bottle, Plate IV, "Unable to obtain emloyment, they are driven by poverty into the streets to beg, and by this means they still supply the bottle,"

The Bottle, Plate IV, "Unable to obtain emloyment, they are driven by poverty into the streets to beg, and by this means they still supply the bottle,"

George Cruikshank

1847

The Bottle, Plate VIII, "The Bottle had done its work,"

The Bottle, Plate VIII, "The Bottle had done its work,"

George Cruikshank

1847

The Bottle, Plate VII, The husband, in the state of furious drunkeness, kills his wife with the instrument of all their misery,"

The Bottle, Plate VII, The husband, in the state of furious drunkeness, kills his wife with the instrument of all their misery,"

George Cruikshank

1847

The Bottle, Plate V, "Cold, Misery, and want, destroy their youngest child: they console themselves with the bottle,"

The Bottle, Plate V, "Cold, Misery, and want, destroy their youngest child: they console themselves with the bottle,"

George Cruikshank

1847

The Bottle, Plate I, "The bottle is brought out for the first time: The Husband induces his wife 'just to take a drop',"

The Bottle, Plate I, "The bottle is brought out for the first time: The Husband induces his wife 'just to take a drop',"

George Cruikshank

1847

The Bottle, Plate VI, "Fearful quarrels, and brutal violence, are the natural consequences of the frequent use of bottle,"

The Bottle, Plate VI, "Fearful quarrels, and brutal violence, are the natural consequences of the frequent use of bottle,"

George Cruikshank

1847

George Cruikshank

about 1855