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A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by early frivolity. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
Wellcome Collection

A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by early frivolity. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

George Cruikshank · 1848

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Lettering: The drunkard's children. plate VII. early dissipation has destroyed the neglected boy - the wretched convict droops, and dies

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