Unmarried man socially regarded as able to marry

Mr. Lambkin behaving in a drunken and disorderly manner resulting in being restrained and arrested by a policeman. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

An unmarried man sits alone smoking a pipe by the fire and pondering the pros and cons of marriage. Colour process print after Rutherford, 191-.

Mr. Lambkin trying to find a new cure for his illness; riding a horse in wet clothes. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Mr. Lambkin and friends in court before a magistrate for being drunken and disorderly. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Mr. Lambkin in an old bachelors' club, completely recovered from his illness and contemplating the errors of his ways. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

A bachelor cooking on a gas stove; advertising gas cookers provided by the Newcastle-upon-Tyne & Gateshead Gas Co. Process print, 1905.

Mr. Lambkin (right) being introduced to a ballet dancer. Lithograph after G. Cruikshank.

Mr. Lambkin at a party with some unsavoury looking company. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Mr. Lambkin drunk on champagne sitting in a carriage at Epsom with lots of other drunken bachelors. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Mr. Lambkin out walking in Kensington Gardens hoping to bump into his loved one, he discovers her on the arm of another man which causes him much jealousy. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

A physician (William Cullen?) taking the pulse of a gouty bachelor as he receives a paternity claim. Oil painting formerly attributed to John Kay.

1 print : lithograph ; image 9.8 x 8.9 cm

1 print : lithograph ; image 8.9 x 9.6 cm

1 print : lithograph ; image 8.8 x 9.6 cm

Mr. Lambkin in bed undergoing hydrotherapy with a follower of V. Priessnitz. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

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Bachelors

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Mr. Lambkin trying to find a new cure for his illness; riding a horse in wet clothes. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Mr. Lambkin and friends in court before a magistrate for being drunken and disorderly. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Mr. Lambkin behaving in a drunken and disorderly manner resulting in being restrained and arrested by a policeman. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Mr. Lambkin in bed undergoing hydrotherapy with a follower of V. Priessnitz. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Mr. Lambkin at a party with some unsavoury looking company. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Bachelors

Images from the collections

Images referencing Bachelors

Works from the collections

Mr. Lambkin trying to find a new cure for his illness; riding a horse in wet clothes. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Mr. Lambkin and friends in court before a magistrate for being drunken and disorderly. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Mr. Lambkin behaving in a drunken and disorderly manner resulting in being restrained and arrested by a policeman. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Mr. Lambkin in bed undergoing hydrotherapy with a follower of V. Priessnitz. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Mr. Lambkin at a party with some unsavoury looking company. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

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