Gin Lane

Gin Lane

A scene of urban desolation with gin-crazed Londoners, notably a woman who lets her child fall to its death and an emaciated ballad-seller; in the background is the tower of St George's Bloomsbury; in this state, the child's face has been changed so that the face is wizened and the eyes sunken.

William Hogarth (English, 1697 - 1764)

British Museum

1751

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Etched/engraved print on paper

Height: 387 millimetres
Width: 321 millimetres (plate)