# Trying to find a series of drawings from the 1800s

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**Created:** [January 29, 2013, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-series-of-drawings-from-the-1800s/648699 "2013-01-29T09:40:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-series-of-drawings-from-the-1800s/648699/1 "2013-01-29T09:40:29Z")

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I once saw a series of drawings, I believe from the 1800s, that depicted the slow degradation of an alcoholic. The first drawings showed him drinking socially, then more and more often. Each drawing showed his house getting shabbier and family growing poorer, until finally there are no furnishings left in the house. The final drawings show him murdering someone in a drunken rage, and he ends up in an asylum.

The drawings may have been British in origin, but I’m not certain. I’m pretty sure I saw them online once, but I can’t find them. If anyone has any clues as to what the series is called, or where I can find it online, I’d me much obliged. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-series-of-drawings-from-the-1800s/648699/2 "2013-01-29T09:51:29Z")

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Perhaps a version of [Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rake%27s_Progress)?

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-series-of-drawings-from-the-1800s/648699/3 "2013-01-29T10:59:23Z")

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> [@don\_t\_ask](#):
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> Perhaps a version of [Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rake%27s_Progress)?

Also done as a [series of etchings](http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/Archive/Rake101.htm), rather than paintings.

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**Author:** ![Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-series-of-drawings-from-the-1800s/648699/4 "2013-01-29T11:16:15Z")

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Not exactly - I think the drawings I’m looking for have something to do with the Temperance movement.

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**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-series-of-drawings-from-the-1800s/648699/5 "2013-01-30T13:07:10Z")

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Any of these links help?

[Google search for Temperence Movement Cartoons](http://www.google.com/search?q=temperance+cartoons&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=u&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS473US473&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=bBkJUb2kHaigyAGMq4HYDg&ved=0CDAQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=628)

[http://www.cartoonstock.com/vintage/directory/t/temperance\_movement.asp](http://www.cartoonstock.com/vintage/directory/t/temperance_movement.asp)