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  • A maniacal man is visited in prison by his children, all ruined through his drinking habit. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • Three poor men burdened with barrels of alcohol, being freed by a man from the Temperance Society, while a woman looks on. Wood-engraving by S. Barr, c. 1840, with letterpress.
  • A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • The god Bacchus presenting wine to countrymen; left, Icarus being beaten by drunken men. Engraving by J. Matham after D. Vinckeboons.
  • A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by early frivolity. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.