Alcoholism and crime
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A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
George CruikshankDate: 1848Reference: 26040i
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A convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
George CruikshankDate: 1848Reference: 26030i
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A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
William HogarthDate: publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. 1 February 1751Reference: 26961i
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A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
George CruikshankDate: 1848Reference: 26031i
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A maniacal man is visited in prison by his children, all ruined through his drinking habit. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
George CruikshankDate: 1847Reference: 25972i