A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

  • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
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1848
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26042i
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The drunkard's children
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1848

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 21.9 x 32.9 cm.

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The drunkard's children. plate VIII. 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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Wellcome Collection 26042i

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