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Time Badly Employed

Time Badly Employed

Time Badly Employed

George Cruikshank

1827

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 11 x 15 1/4 in. (27.94 x 38.74 cm) (sheet)
Genre: Print
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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England

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Neglected by their Parents, Educated only in the Streets, and Falling into the Hands of Wretches who Live upon the Vices of Others, They are led to the Gin Shop to Drink at that Fountain which Nourishes Every Species of Crime

Neglected by their Parents, Educated only in the Streets, and Falling into the Hands of Wretches who Live upon the Vices of Others, They are led to the Gin Shop to Drink at that Fountain which Nourishes Every Species of Crime

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The Husband, in a State of Furious Drunkenness, Kills His Wife with the Instrument of All Their Misery.

The Husband, in a State of Furious Drunkenness, Kills His Wife with the Instrument of All Their Misery.

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George Cruikshank, 1818

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A Nice Lady or an Incomparable!!!!

George Cruikshank, 1818

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George Cruikshank, 1836

Monstrosities of 1822

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George Cruikshank, 1822

Nobody Made Fun Of

Nobody Made Fun Of

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George Cruikshank, 1825

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George Cruikshank, 1819

A Gentleman's Rest Broken in Consequence of Going to Bed with his Leg On

A Gentleman's Rest Broken in Consequence of Going to Bed with his Leg On

George Cruikshank, 1828

D_d Angelic pon honor-Fascinating Creature Monstrous Handsome!!

D_d Angelic pon honor-Fascinating Creature Monstrous Handsome!!

George Cruikshank, 1817

As It Ought to Be or The Ladies Trying a Contemptible Scoundrel for a "Breach of Promise" from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853

As It Ought to Be or The Ladies Trying a Contemptible Scoundrel for a "Breach of Promise" from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853

George Cruikshank, 1850

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