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Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
Wellcome Collection

Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/63272 · 1848

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Lettering: The drunkard's children. plate IV. urged on by his ruffian companions, and excited by drink, he commits a desparate robbery - he is taken by the police at a three-penny lodging house. George Cruikshank

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