Plate VII. The Bottle
George Cruikshank (London 1792 - London 1878)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, wood, glass
Measurements
388 x 495 mm
Order this imageCollection
Mompesson House, Wiltshire
NT 724008.1
Summary
Print, engraving, Plate VII The Bottle by George Cruikshank (London 1792 - London 1878): One of a pair of Crookshank engravings. Plates VI and VII of a series. The drunken father, an expression of horrified remorse on his face, gazing towards the body of his wife, who he has killed with a smashed bottle, policemen arresting him, a doctor and ladies attending to the corpse, onlookers gathered at the door and the two children weeping; illustration to Cruikshank's "The Bottle" (1847)
Makers and roles
George Cruikshank (London 1792 - London 1878), engraver (printmaker)