Caption:
'Neglected by their parents, educated only in the streets, and falling into the hands of wretches who live upon the vices of others, they are led to the gin-shop, to drink at that fountain which nourishes every species of crime'. The Bottle, and the Drunkard's Children. In sixteen plates designed and etched by G. Cruikshank.. London, 1905. Source: 8436.de.9, plate I. Language: English.