Library — 1872
Turn him out, Ratcliff
An illustration from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré, 1872. On his tour round the East End on the night of 5 February 1872, Jerrold's party included Prince Charles Bonaparte, 'the Marquis of Bassano and Monsieur Filon, tutor to the Prince Imperial'. Jerrold comments on 'the densely-packed haunts of poverty and crime' where 'there are hundreds who have never had the chance of escape to comfort and virtuous courses'. They are 'the victims of Drink, illustrators of every horror, form of suffering, and description of crime, to which the special curse of our land leads the poor. At the corner of every tumble-down street is the flaring public-house lamp - hateful as the fabled jewel in the loathsome toad's head'.
- Category:
- Library
- Object ID:
- NN23607(147)
- Object name:
- Turn him out, Ratcliff
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Doré, Gustave, Pisan, H.
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- Production date:
- 1872
- Material:
paper
- Measurements/duration:
- H 237 mm, W 188 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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