"The Bottle"
Record No
26623
Title
"The Bottle"
Description
"The Bottle"; showing an interior domestic scene with the husband being arrested for murdering his wife with a bottle during a state of furious drunkenness. His children have witnessed the event and are grieving while their mother's body is being cared for.
Date of execution
1847
Section
London Metropolitan Archives
Collection
Main Print Collection
Artist
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)
Engraver
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)
Publisher
Tweedie, W.
Notes
This is Plate VII in a series of eight plates. For the eight plates see Record Nos: 26617 - 26624. This is the prelude to "The Drunkard's Children" series in Record Nos: 26625 - 26628.
Medium
woodcut
Support
paper
Longest dimension
38cms
Shortest dimension
27cms
Catalogue No
p7517858
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