"Gin Lane"
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Title
"Gin Lane"
"Gin Lane"
Reference
p5448722 (Collage 25277)
Date
Collection
London Metropolitan Archives: Hogarth Collection
Description
"Gin Lane"; the scene is the St Giles slums. Goods are being pawned in order to buy gin; a baby is being fed with gin; people are dying of gin. The pawnbroker, distiller and undertaker are the only well-off and successful people in the neighbourhood.
"Gin Lane"; the scene is the St Giles slums. Goods are being pawned in order to buy gin; a baby is being fed with gin; people are dying of gin. The pawnbroker, distiller and undertaker are the only well-off and successful people in the neighbourhood.
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