Anti Drink : George Cruikshank's 'The worship of Bacchus'

British National Temperance League (2017) Anti Drink : George Cruikshank's 'The worship of Bacchus'. [Image]

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Abstract

THE WORSHIP OF BACCHUS
HEALTH TO THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM
BRITISH WINE
HEALTH TO THE YOUNG CHRISTIAN
MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY
CASINO for DANCING and DRINKING and (?)
xxx ALE
MUSIC HALL
KORAN
THE GOAL
NO FATHER NO MOTHER
GENERAL HOSPITAL
HOUSE OF CORRECTION
MAGDALEN HOSPITAL
MISSION TO THE HINDOO
CEMETERY
CANTEEN
SACRIFICED AT THE SHRINE OF BACCHUS: FATHER, MOTHER, SISTER, BROTHER, WIFE, CHILDREN, PROPERTY, FRIENDS, BODY AND MIND
UNION WORKHOUSE
BREWERY
DISTILLERY
POLICE STATION
VOTE FOR THE (?) GIN AND BEER
THE ANGEL
OLD FOOLS
OLD FRIENDS
GRAND MASQUERADE
RAGGED SCHOOL
FREE MASONS
FORESTERS
LUNATIC ASYLUM
DESIGNED AND PAINTED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK 1862
REFORMATION (on various locations on the image)

[The figures] outlined on the steel plate by George Cruikshank & the engraving finished by Charles Mollram (on lower left side of the image).
Printed by R. Holdgate and Published June 20th 1864 by William Tweedie, 337 Strand, London (on lower left side of the right side)

George Cruikshank’s The Worship of Bacchus was a vast painting (1862) famous in its time, but which was largely forgotten until rediscovered in 2001. It reveals an apocalyptic vision of the evil wrought by drink in society.


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