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A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
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A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

George Cruikshank · 1847

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: The bottle. plate 1. the bottle is brought out for the first time: the husband induces his wife "just to take a drop"

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