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The Drinking Customs of Society, or Worship of Bacchus
All of Victorian life, gathered around a statue of the wine god.
What
A vast crowded panorama: statues of Bacchus and Silenus in the centre, scenes of weddings, christenings, parties and funerals all round them.
Why
Cruikshank designed it and Mottram engraved it on steel in 1864; the Cleveland Museum of Art holds it (1931.434). Its record notes the widows and orphans below the statues.
Notice
Every corner holds a separate scene: read it like a page.
“A temperance print that still could not look away from the party.”
Format
The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.
Sized to protect print quality — this source supports sizes up to 11x17" cleanly.
Size
$39.00
Honesty
ReproductionA faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1931.434.
- Kind
- reproduction
- Artist
- George Cruikshank and Charles Mottram
- Era
- London, 1864
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (source published 1930 or earlier). Cleared by open-access-registrar on 2026-11-01. Licence tag Licensed-PD-Art, read on the Wikimedia Commons file record on 2026-11-01. Held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1931.434.
