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Artist
William Hogarth  (1697–1764)  wikidata:Q171344 s:en:Author:William Hogarth q:en:William Hogarth
 
William Hogarth
Description English-British painter and engraver
Date of birth/death 10 November 1697 Edit this at Wikidata 25 October 1764
Location of birth/death London London
Work location
London, Chiswick
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q171344
Title
Gin Lane
Description
English: Gin Lane, from Beer Street and 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.

The accompanying poem, printed on the bottom, reads:

Gin, cursed Fiend, with Fury fraught,
   Makes human Race a Prey.
It enters by a deadly Draught
   And steals our Life away.


Virtue and Truth, driv'n to Despair
   Its Rage compells to fly,
But cherishes with hellish Care
   Theft, Murder, Perjury.


Damned Cup! that on the Vitals preys
   That liquid Fire contains,
Which Madness to the heart conveys,
   And rolls it thro' the Veins.
Français : La rue du Gin. Gravure accompagnée d'un poème dans sa première édition.

Traduction du poème:


"Le gin, maudit démon, empli de furie,
   Fait de la race humaine une proie.
Il rentre en une gorgée mortelle,
   Et vole a vie,


La Vertu et la vérité, menées au désespoir,
   Sa rage les fait fuir,
Mais il chérit avec un attention infernale,
   Le vol, le meurtre et le parjure.


Maudite coupe, qui happe les vivants,
   Ce liquide contient un feu,
Dont il mène la folie au coeur,
   Et et le guide dans les veines."
Date February 1751
date QS:P571,+1751-02-00T00:00:00Z/10
Medium Etching and line engraving on paper
Dimensions height: 374 mm (14.72 in); width: 318 mm (12.51 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,374U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,318U174789
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
British XVIIIc Mounted Roy
Accession number
1868,0822.1595
Object history Bequeathed by: Felix Slade in 1868
Inscriptions Lettered with title, verses at the foot beginning "Gin cursed Fiend ...", other text within image, and publication details "Design'd by W. Hogarth/Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt Feb.1.1751./ Price 1s."
Notes Print made by William Hogarth. The print was published in London as a pair to 'Beer Street' in February 1751
References
  • Paulson, Ronald, Hogarth's Graphic Works: third edition, London, 1989
  • Paulson, Ronald, Hogarth's graphic works: first complete edition, New Haven, 1965
  • Stephens, Frederic George; George, Mary Dorothy, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, 11 vols, London, BMP, 1870
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