1-239-819 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images

'The Bottle', 1847; showing an interior domestic scene with the father sitting in front of the fire smoking having been discharged from his employment because of his drunkeness. To the right his wife and daughter are holding a bottle of alcohol having pawned clothes to buy it. In the centre two children are hugging, looking up at their father, while the cat is looking for scraps.