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UNIVERSITY  OF  N.C  AT  CHAPEL  HILL 


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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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