Plate IV. Unable to obtain employment, they are driven by poverty into the streets to beg, and by this means they still supply the bottle

Plate IV. Unable to obtain employment, they are driven by poverty into the streets to beg, and by this means they still supply the bottle

Item Information

Title:
Plate IV. Unable to obtain employment, they are driven by poverty into the streets to beg, and by this means they still supply the bottle
Artist:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Name on Item:
Designed & Etched by Geo. Cruikshank
Date:
1874
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Cruikshank (1792-1878). Prints and Drawings
Series:
The Bottle in Eight Plates by George Cruikshank
Subjects:
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholism
Poverty
Beggars
Families
Extent:
1 print : etching ; sheet 23 x 29 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/g158c375r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
12 Catherine Street, Strand and 86 Fleet Street : Curtice & Co. and F. Arnold
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Cohn: 194
Handwritten on the title page: To Geo. Cruikshank Roger, Esq., Barrister at Law, from his friend Geo. Cruikshank, Dec. 28, 1894.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Cohn, Albert M. "George Cruikshank: A catalogue raisonné of the work executed during the years 1806-1877." From the offices of "The Bookman's Journal," 1924, London.
Notes (object):
This is a copy taken from the original etchings of "The Bottle," reduced from the large edition by Armagnac & Co.
Identifier:
18_08_000074
Barcode:
36666003289903