'The Bottle', 1847. Artist: George Cruikshank

'The Bottle', 1847. Artist: George Cruikshank

1-239-824 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images

'The Bottle', 1847; showing an interior domestic scene with the husband being arrested for murdering his wife with a bottle during a state of furious drunkenness. His children have witnessed the event and are grieving while their mother's body is being cared for.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. George Cruikshank, attributed to: British: Artist, illustrator, painter, engraver, caricaturist, cartoonist
After
  1. George Cruikshank: British: Artist, illustrator, painter, engraver, caricaturist, cartoonist

Medium
  1. Woodcut

Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Law & Crime

Society & Culture Family Life

Locations & Buildings Other

People Other

Society & Culture Death & Burial


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4911x3554
File Size : 51,134kb


Aliases

  1. 26623
  1. 0220003176
  1. 1-239-824
  1. 1239824
  1. 26623
  1. 3176
  1. A3

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