The Bottle: Plate VII. The Husband in a State of Furious Drunkenness Kills His Wife...by lithographers Francis Michelin and David William Moody

Michelin, Francis · ca 1847

This black and white tinted print depicts one of eight scenes based on George Cruikshank's <i>The Bottle.</i> The series shows the progressive degeneration of a family due to the evils of drinking. This print depicts an interior scene of a crowd gathered around the body of a dead woman. The weapon, a broken bottle, lies on the floor at her feet. The husband stands next to the fireplace and is being seized by a policeman. Another policeman consoles the crying daughter. The son, also crying, stands next to the fireplace.