Hogarth, Gin Lane
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Hogarth, Gin Lane
Hogarth, Gin Lane. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin (which later became the Gin Act). A scene of London life is depicted in which the pawnbrokers, gin cellar and distillery are now flourishing, and people's lives are being destroyed by their addiction to gin, with examples of infanticide, starvation, madness, decay and suicide. Date: 1751
Media ID 32089189
© Mary Evans Picture Library
1750s 1751 Cellar Coffin Decay Destroyed Distillery Flourishing Hogarth Lane Legislation Madness Measure Ministerial Pawn Pawnbrokers Sale Starvation Suicide Unlimited
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