Train up a Child in the Way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
Designed & Etched by George Cruikshank, Total Abstainer from all Intoxicating Liquors and Tobacco.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Etching, first proof signed in pencil by the artist. 145 x 220mm (5¾ x 8¾"), on thick paper; on verso in pencil "pledge card", very large margins Slight surface soiling.
A moralistic plate, promoting temperance and good education, the title having been lifted from Proverbs 22:6 (King James Bible). On each side are three scenes comparing the plight of the children of drunkards to those of teetotalers.
[Ref: 57557] £130.00
[n.d., c.1840.]
Etching, first proof signed in pencil by the artist. 145 x 220mm (5¾ x 8¾"), on thick paper; on verso in pencil "pledge card", very large margins Slight surface soiling.
A moralistic plate, promoting temperance and good education, the title having been lifted from Proverbs 22:6 (King James Bible). On each side are three scenes comparing the plight of the children of drunkards to those of teetotalers.
[Ref: 57557] £130.00