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The Bottle
George Cruikshank
First Edition, June, 1905.
Reprinted, March, 1906.
The Bottle ^"^ ^"^^^
AND
The Drunkard's Children
IN SIXTEEN PLATES DESIGNED AND ETCHED BY
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK
GOWANP & GRAY, L-d.,
35 Leickster Square, London, W.C.
58 Cadogan Street, Glasgow
1906
The illustrations tn the present volume are reproduced in reduced facsimile from
the ^rst editions, which were published in large folio sise in 1847 and 1848 and
had a very great vogue.
THE BOTTLE. PLATE 1
THE BOTTLE IS BROUGHT OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME:
THE HUSBAND INDUCES HIS WIFE "JUST TO TAKE
A DROP"
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THE BOTTLE. PLATE II
HE IS DISCHARGED FROM HIS EMPLOYMENT FOR
DRUNKENNESS: THEY PANVN THEIR CLOTHES TO
SUPPLY THE BOTTLE
THE BOTTLE. PLATE III
AN EXECUTION SWEEPS OFF THE GREATER PART OF
THEIR FURNITURE: THEY COMFORT THEMSELVES WITH
THE BOTTLE
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
THE BOTTLE. PLATE V
COLD, MISERY, AND WANT, DESTROY THEIR YOUNGEST
CHILD: THEY CONSOLE THEMSELVES WITH THE
BOTTLE
THE BOTTLE. PLATE VI
FEARFUL QUARRELS, AND BRUTAL VIOLENCE, ARE THE
NATURAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE FREQUENT USE OF
THE BOTTLE
THE BOTTLE. PLATE VII
THE HUSBAND, IN A STATE OF FURIOUS DRUNKEN-
NESS, KILLS HIS WIFE WITH THE INSTRUMENT OF
ALL THEIR MISERY •
THE BOTTLE. PLATE VIII
THE BOTTLE HAS DONE ITS WORK-IT HAS DESTROYED
THE INFANT AND THE MOTHER, IT HAS BROUGHT
THE SON AND THE DAUGHTER TO VICE AND TO THE
STREETS, AND HAS LEFT THE FATHER A HOPELESS
BIANIAC
THE DRUNKARD'S CHILDREN. PLATE I
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
THE DRUNKARD'S CHILDREN. PLATE II
BETWEEN THE FINE FLARING GIN-PALACE AND THE
LOW DIRTY BEER-SHOP, THE BOY-THIEF SQUANDERS
AND GAMBLES AWAY HIS ILL-GOTTEN GAINS
THE DRUNKARD'S CHILDREN. PLATE HI
FROM THE GIN-SHOP TO THE DANCING-ROOMS, FROM
THE DANCING-ROOMS TO THE GIN-SHOP, THE POOR
GIRL IS DRIVEN ON IN THAT COURSE WHICH ENDS
IN MISERY
THE DRUNKARD'S CHILDREN. PLATE IV
URGED ON BY HIS RUFFIAN COMPANIONS, AND EXCITED
BY DRINK, HE COMMITS A DESPERATE ROBBERY.— HE
IS TAKEN BY THE POLICE AT A THREE-PENNY LODGING
HOUSE
THE DRUNKARD'S CHILDREN. PLATE V
FROM THE BAR OF THE GIN-SHOP TO THE CAR OF
THE OLD BAILEY IT IS BUT ONE STEP
THE DRUNKARD'S CHILDREN. PLATE VI
THE DRUNKARD'S SON IS SENTENCED TO TRANSPORTA-
TION FOR LIFE; THE DAUGHTER, SUSPECTED OF PAR-
TICIPATION IN THE ROBBERY, IS ACQUITTED. THE
BROTHER AND SISTER PART FOR EVER IN THIS WORLD
THE DRUNKARD'S CHILDREN. PLATE VH
EARLY DISSIPATION HAS DESTROYED THE NEGLECTED
BOY.— THE WRETCHED CONVICT DROOPS, AND DIES
THE DRUNKARD'S CHILDREN. PLATE VHI
THE MANIAC FATHER AND THE CONVICT BROTHER
ARE GONE.— THE POOR GIRL, HOMELESS, FRIENDLESS,
DESERTED, DESTITUTE, AND GIN-MAD, COMMITS SELF-
MURDER
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