“The Maniac Father and the Convict Brother are Gone – The Poor Girl, Homeless, Friendless, Deserted, Destitute, and Gin Mad, Commits Self Murder.”

George Cruikshank

“The Maniac Father and the Convict Brother are Gone – The Poor Girl, Homeless, Friendless, Deserted, Destitute, and Gin Mad, Commits Self Murder.”

London

David Bogue, 86 Fleet Street and J. Sands, Sydney, New South Wales

1848

Title page pasted on recto of Plate I; Plates II–VIII are each printed on the recto of one leaf. First edition of one shilling issue. All plates were produced by glyptography, a new, cheaper form of etching that allowed the image to be printed in relief with the text, and the production of a much longer print run.

Source: The Drunkard’s Children, A Sequel to The Bottle. In Eight Plates by George Cruikshank.

From the collection of Josephine Lea Iselin.