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  1. Beer Street and Gin Lane - Wikipedia

    • Beer Street and Gin Lane are two prints issued in 1751 by English artist William Hogarth in support of what would become the Gin Act. Designed to be viewed alongside each other, they depict the evils of the consumption of gin (then a generic term for grain-based distilled spirits) as a contrast to the merits of drinking beer. At almost the same time and on th… See more

    Background

    The gin crisis was severe. From 1689 onward the English government encouraged the industry of distilling, … See more

    Gin Lane

    Set in the parish of St Giles – a notorious slum district that Hogarth depicted in several works around this time – Gin Lane depicts the squalor and despair of a community raised on gin. Desperation, death and … See more

    Beer Street

    In comparison to the sickly hopeless denizens of Gin Lane, the happy people of Beer Street sparkle with robust health and bonhomie. "Here all is joyous and thriving. Industry and jollity go hand in hand". The only busine… See more

     
  1. Beer Street | Works of Art | RA Collection | Royal Academy of Arts

  2. Hogarth’s London: Gin Lane and Beer Street - BBC

    WEBJun 10, 2015 · Hogarth created Beer Street and Gin Lane in order to add some punchy visual rhetoric to the same campaign.

  3. William Hogarth | Beer Street | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  4. Beer Street and Gin Lane | artble.com

  5. In 60 seconds: Hogarth's 'Gin Lane' & 'Beer Street' - Royal …

  6. ‘Gin Lane‘, William Hogarth, 1751 | Tate

  7. What Is The Beer Street About? [2024] - summerstirs.com

  8. Beer Street by William Hogarth (1697-1764) - The Victorian Web

  9. Hogarth: Cruelty and Humor - The Morgan Library

    WEBNot long after Hogarth published his prints, Beer Street and Gin Lane, his friend, the novelist and magistrate, Henry Fielding, published his inquiry into the causes of the late increase in robbers linking the rise in crime …