Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Worship of Bacchus
George CruikshankLinkedCulture matchlcp-6d96920724dd
- Date
- 1864
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 114937
What the image shows
A large crowd gathered around a central monument in an urban setting.
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From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
At the age of 55, the prolific illustrator and social satirist George Cruikshank gave up drinking and became a leading figure in the Temperance movement. As part of his campaign to dry out Britain, he produced an enormous—more than 7 x 13 feet—painting cum manifesto, The Worship of Bacchus (1860-62). He also reproduced the image in this large engraving measuring roughly 2 x 3 feet. The image catalogues the sorry fate—the house of correction, the hospital, the workhouse, the jail, or the lunatic asylum—that awaits even those who innocently taste a drop and thereby enter the wicked realm of Bacchus, who stands triumphantly over the depravity. The present impression of the print is a rare proof before the final inscriptions and bears a large pencil signature in Cruikshank's hand. England, Europe
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- Credit line
- Gift of Jonathan and Barbara Hill
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