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Gin Lane

Maker

(artist)
1697-1764

(engraver)
1697-1764

Title

Gin Lane

Date of Production

1751

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 39.3 cm
Width: 32 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2041

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

William Hogarth - Printmaker, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2001-13/05/2001

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin & recto : : GIN LANE. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Design'd by W. Hogarth // Publish'd according to Act of Parliamen.t Feb.1.1751. Price 1.s //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : three four line stanzas : Gin cursed Fiend...And rolls it thro' the Veins. //

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