The gin-shop

Description

Title: The gin-shop
Creator: Kirton, John William, 1831-1892, author
Contributor: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, illustrator.
Partridge, S. W. publisher.
Published / Created: [1869]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by S.W. Partridge & Co., 9, Paternoster Row, London
Description: Caption title.
Authorship attribution and date of publication from Cohn and Reid.
Originally published in the March, April, and May 1868 issues of the Band of hope review. For the serial and octavo editions, see: Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 48, 468.
Twelve woodcut illustrations, arranged in three rows of four, with verses in letterpress below. Numbered list of 27 "Illustrated penny readings" with prices is printed beneath woodcuts. With decorative border.
"Reprinted from the Band of hope review. An illustrated paper for The young. Published monthly. Price one halfpenny"--Beneath title.
"Price one penny"--Lower left.
"This is printed in a book form, 16 pp., price one penny"--Lower right.
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Extent: 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : sheet 68.0 x 45.8 cm
Language: English

Genre: Poetry
Poems
Broadsides 1869
Woodcuts England London 1869
Material: 12 woodcuts ;
Resource Type: text and still image
Subject (Topic): Temperance
Alcoholism
Public health
Alcoholic beverages
Gin
Intoxication
Subjects: Temperance > Poetry
Alcoholism
Public health
Alcoholic beverages
Gin
Intoxication
1869
England > London > 1869

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