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The New Union Club
George Cruikshank, published July 19, 1819

"Crinolina" - and the Consequences
George Cruikshank, 1865

An Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
George Cruikshank, published June 17, 1815

Peace and Plenty or Good News for John Bull!!!
George Cruikshank, May 25, 1814

Boney's Meditations on the Island of St. Helena
George Cruikshank, 1815

Death of the Property Tax!!
George Cruikshank, published March 1816
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Gifts in Chigrin, 1649
Taras Shevchenko, 1844

He is discharged from his employment for drunkeness: They pawn their clothes to supply the bottle.
George Cruikshank, 1847

A couple lying in a bed while others hurry to the spot
Gaspare Diziani, 1689-1767

A Rake's Progress, Plate 8
William Hogarth, [June 25, 1735] reissued 1763

"O Spartan dog": plate 15 from Othello (Act 5, Scene 2)
Théodore Chassériau, 1844

Carnaval
Paul Gavarni, 1841–1843

The bottle has done its work- it has destroyed the infant and the mother, it has brought the son and daughter to vice and to the streets and has left the father a hopeless maniac.
George Cruikshank, 1847

An execution sweeps off the greater part of their furniture: They comfort themselves with the bottle.
George Cruikshank, 1847

Henri III Assassinated by Jacques Clément, plate eight from La Henriade
Horace Vernet, 1825









