Title

The drunkards progress

Caption

The drunkards progress. From the first glass to the grave ca. 1846
Print shows an archway of the nine steps of a drunkard's progress, beginning with a man in fancy dress having "a glass with a friend" and then his gradual decline in society with poverty & disease, criminal activity, becoming a bum, and his eventual "death by suicide"; a weeping woman with child is under archway.

Credit line

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Reference

UMG22A06_056

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,3Mb (3,2Mb) / 18,7in x 13,0in / 5600 x 3887 (300dpi)

Keywords

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