Plate VI: The Bottle: Fearful Quarrels
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 724008.2
Summary
Print, engraving, Plate VI: The Bottle: Fearful Quarrels by George Cruikshank (London 1792 - London 1878). One of a pair of Crookshank engravings. Plates VI and VII of a series. The drunken father furiously attacking his wife, holding her by her shawl and raising his fist to strike her, his son and daughter desperately attempting to prevent his, the furniture upset and their landlady at the door; illustration to Cruikshank's "The Bottle" (1847)
Makers and roles
George Cruikshank (London 1792 - London 1878), engraver (printmaker)