The Bottle, Plate IV: Unable to Obtain Employment, They Are Driven to Drink

A black-and-white lithograph of a street scene with a tall brick building at left and a shopfront marked Family Wines and Spirits. A woman in a shawl and bonnet and a man in a top hat stand at the open door, while children and a dog wait on the pavement. The title plate is labelled with the museum's caption for Plate IV.

Artist

Michelin

Date

ca 1847

Medium

paper (overall material) ink (overall material)

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)

Size

1600 × 1477 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History