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All is well on Beer Street with Hogarth & his Line of Beauty
The people are getting fat, buildings being restored etc.
Around the corner on Gin Lane things aren't so great.
Beer Street and Gin Lane
Later important prints include his pictorial warning of the unpleasant consequences of alcoholism in Beer Street and Gin Lane (1751) Hogarth engraved Beer Street to show a happy city drinking the 'good' beverage of English beer, versus Gin Lane which showed the effects of drinking gin which, as a harder liquor, caused more problems for society. People are shown as healthy, happy and prosperous in Beer Street, while in Gin Lane they are scrawny, lazy and careless. The woman at the front of Gin Lane who lets her baby fall to its death, echoes the tale of Judith Dufour who strangled her baby so she could sell its clothes for gin money. The prints were published in support of what would become the Gin Act 1751.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hogarth
The people are getting fat, buildings being restored etc.
Around the corner on Gin Lane things aren't so great.
Beer Street and Gin Lane
Later important prints include his pictorial warning of the unpleasant consequences of alcoholism in Beer Street and Gin Lane (1751) Hogarth engraved Beer Street to show a happy city drinking the 'good' beverage of English beer, versus Gin Lane which showed the effects of drinking gin which, as a harder liquor, caused more problems for society. People are shown as healthy, happy and prosperous in Beer Street, while in Gin Lane they are scrawny, lazy and careless. The woman at the front of Gin Lane who lets her baby fall to its death, echoes the tale of Judith Dufour who strangled her baby so she could sell its clothes for gin money. The prints were published in support of what would become the Gin Act 1751.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hogarth
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Man that is cool and in reality a pretty good idea.I know some people personally that when they consume liquor turn into assholes but can drink beer without becoming dickheads.I could relate to it some years back.That baby falling is some funny shit huh?
Gin aka Panty Remover
Gin aka Panty Remover
One of my art teaches introduced me to Hogarth works. The falling babe is humorous in a dark kinda way which makes me study the print longer. The guy being hand fed gin while being taxied around in the wheel barrel, the impaled child the man has while dancing around, the undertaker cleaning up a corpse, the guy swinging in the tower, the pawn broker shop the dog sharing a bone & it appears another gnawing on the mothers leg, the unruly mob with makeshift persuaders.
A larger version is available at wiki. Bring on the bathtub Gin. Cheap gin was cutting in on the beer profits, something had to be done.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/GinLane.jpg
Gin aka Panty Remover
One of my art teaches introduced me to Hogarth works. The falling babe is humorous in a dark kinda way which makes me study the print longer. The guy being hand fed gin while being taxied around in the wheel barrel, the impaled child the man has while dancing around, the undertaker cleaning up a corpse, the guy swinging in the tower, the pawn broker shop the dog sharing a bone & it appears another gnawing on the mothers leg, the unruly mob with makeshift persuaders.
A larger version is available at wiki. Bring on the bathtub Gin. Cheap gin was cutting in on the beer profits, something had to be done.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/GinLane.jpg
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What an awesome thread, keep up the good work
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