A drunken scene in a gin shop with children being given alcohol. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

  • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
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1848
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26035i
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The drunkard's children
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A drunken scene in a gin shop with children being given alcohol. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1848

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 22 x 33 cm.

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The drunkard's children. plate 1. neglected by their parents, educated only in the streets, and falling into the hands of wretches who live upon the vices of others, they are led to the gin-shop, to drink at that fountain which nourishes every species of crime

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Wellcome Collection 26035i

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