William Hogarth - Gin Lane (BM 1868,0822.1595 1)

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William Hogarth - Gin Lane (BM 1868,0822.1595 1)

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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. 1751
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1751
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British Museum
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