Only 20 copies were printed. Baskin lived on Castle Street and "scabrous and lousey" dogs roamed the street. Baskin "regarded them with care and interest, drew and made reliefs of them, and fashioned ...
The face that looked back at me was that of an old and feeble man. The cheeks were sunken and scabrous from frostbite, and the bloodshot eyes were those of a man who has been on a prolonged debauch.