The Burglary

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A boy stands in the middle of a laundry cellar and gets shot in the arm — The burglary.

Artist

Name:: Cruikshank, George
Dates:: 1792-1878
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Etching
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of California Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Oliver Twist, vol. 2
Author(s):: Dickens, Charles
Publisher:: London: Richard Bentley, 1839
Open Library:: View record

Description

A boy stands in the middle of a laundry cellar and gets shot in the arm by one of the two men bursting through the door as a third one pokes his head through a window.

Keywords: 1830s, 19th century, anger, black & white, frightened, frontispiece, male, Oliver Twist, shooting, sick, Victorian