The Drunkard's Progress. From the Pawnbroker's to the Gin Shop from thence to the Workhouse thence to the Gaol & ultimately to the Scaffold.

Print made by Charles Jameson Grant, active 1830–1852, British, The Drunkard's Progress. From the Pawnbroker's to the Gin Shop from thence to the Workhouse thence to the Gaol & ultimately to the Scaffold, 1834

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Creator:: Print made by Charles Jameson Grant, active 1830–1852
Published by John Kendrick, active 1830–1834
Title:: The Drunkard's Progress. From the Pawnbroker's to the Gin Shop from thence to the Workhouse thence to the Gaol & ultimately to the Scaffold.
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (19.1 × 24.8 cm), Plate: , Image: 6 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (16.5 × 24.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Lettered above image: "An Original Pictoral Comical Satirical Political Sentimental Whimsical Philosophical Topographical Theatrical Theological Poetical Pastoral Rumbustical Moral Periodical | No. 1 JANUARY 1st 1834 ------ To be so Continued once in every Fortnight. | Excuse us pray if we do our best, -- To make as much Waste Paper as the Rest! | Price 6 d & 1 s colour'd"; Lettered in image: "consider | the remaining | Wreck of your | Constitution | you have become | an object of uni- | versal loathing | For the sake of your | Broken hearted wife | & Starving Children | Avoid yon House as | ye would a Plague. | I feel Death drawing | near. Never | less I must have | my Glass if it's | only to drink | Bad luck to | the Tyrant. | TEMPLE OF JUNIPER | BEST GIN | WORKHOUSE | COUNTY GAOL."; lettered below image: "THE DRUNKARD'S PROGRESS. - From the Pawnbroker's to the Gin Shop from thence to the Workhouse thence to the Gaol & ultimately to the Scaffold."
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Godfrey Pearlson
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B2019.17.15
Classification:: Prints
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
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Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:81881
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