Alcohol,Death,Devil,1830-40,Medusa,goblet of wine,Cruikshank,Temperance Movement

Title: [Alcohol, Death, and the Devil] / Geo. Cruikshank.
Creator(s): Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
Date Created/Published: [between 1830 and 1840]
Summary: Drawing shows a macabre Medusa with a skeletal head, dressed in a tunic, holding aloft a goblet of wine and exhorting a crowd of people. Behind her stands a devil who joins in the exhortation. Cruikshank was a popular illustrator and satirist who began campaigning against alcohol, especially gin, in the 1830s. In 1847, he renounced alcohol and became an enthusiastic supporter of the Temperance Movement in Great Britain.
Notes:
Title from exhibit checklist.
Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon.
Exhibited: Cartoon America: Highlights from the Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Library of Congress, 2006-2007.
Unprocessed in WOOD.Cruikshank.08
Subjects:
Temperance--Great Britain--1830-1840.
Demons--1830-1860.
Death's head--1830-1840.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1830-1840.
Drawings--1830-1840.
Bookmark /2003674027/
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