Beer Street and Gin Lane are two prints issued in 1751 by English artist William Hogarth in support of what would become the Gin Act. Designed to be viewed alongside each other, they depict the evils of the consumption of gin as a contrast to the merits of drinking beer. Beer Street, 1 February 1751 William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) RA Collection: Art This print was published as a pair with Gin Lane and contrasted the health and productivity benefits of drinking beer with the vice of gin drinking.
William Hogarth Beer Street The Metropolitan Museum of Art
William Hogarth loved to depict London's bawdy, boozy side. As a new exhibition of his prints opens at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, Alastair Sooke examines the artist's view of vice and. Beer Street is one of a pair of prints, the other being Gin Lane, which William Hogarth produced in 1751. They were both responses to the government's inadequacy in tackling the social and health issues caused by excessive gin drinking. Beer Street and Gin Lane Date of Creation: 1751 Height (cm): 38.30 Length (cm): 32.50 Subject: Scenery Art Movement: Rococo Created by: William Hogarth Current Location: London, United Kingdom Displayed at: British Museum Owner: British Museum Beer Street and Gin Lane Page's Content Story / Theme Inspirations for the Work Analysis William Hogarth Gin Lane 1751 Image released under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND (3.0 Unported) License this image In Tate Britain Historic and Modern British Art: Metropolis: 1720-1760 Artist William Hogarth 1697-1764 Medium Etching and engraving on paper Dimensions Image: 357 × 305 mm support: 615 × 454 mm Collection Tate Acquisition
A discussion of Beer Street by Hogarth
Title: Beer Street Artist: William Hogarth (British, London 1697-1764 London) Date: February 1, 1751 Medium: Etching and engraving; third state of three Dimensions: plate: 15 3/8 x 12 13/16 in. (39 x 32.5 cm) sheet: 16 9/16 x 13 9/16 in. (42 x 34.4 cm) Classification: Prints Credit Line: Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891 Accession Number: 91.1.141 In 60 seconds: Hogarth's 'Gin Lane' & 'Beer Street' By Tiffany Greenoak. Published on 6 May 2020. Learn how a pair of engravings by satirical artist William Hogarth were used to alter the drinking habits of the British public in the 18th century. In 60 seconds: Hogarth's 'Gin Lane' & 'Beer Street' Learn how a pair of engravings by satirical artist William Hogarth were used to alter the drinking habits of the British public in the 18th century. In Gin Lane crime, health and social problems dominate, meanwhile, the residents of Beer Street are prosperous and happy. The only business not thriving is the pawnbroker. Hogarth created the pair of prints in support of what became the Gin Act of 1751; a UK Act of the Parliament passed to reduce the uncontrolled production and sale of cheap gin.
Beer Street, Illustration From Hogarth Drawing by William Hogarth
Beer Street. Search the collection After William Hogarth (1697-1764) Beer Street. published 1 Feb 1751 RCIN 811911 © Description 3rd state; the French porter erased and replaced with a vegetable girl and the paviour, the blacksmith branishes a leg of mutton. Figures changed in background Provenance Beer Street William Hogarth February 4, 1751. The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City, United States. Download this artwork (provided by The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Learn more about this artwork. Details.. William Hogarth. Bar. Beer. Engraving. Google apps Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and.
Beer Street William Hogarth February 1, 1751. The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City, United States. Download this artwork (provided by The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Learn more about this artwork. Details. Title: Beer Street; Creator: William Hogarth; Date Created: February 1, 1751; Details Title: William Hogarth, Beer Street and Gin Lane, two prints Date Created: 1751/1751 Physical Dimensions: Height: 382.00mm; Width: 324.00mm External Link: British Museum collection online.
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Title: Beer Street Artist: William Hogarth (British, London 1697-1764 London) Date: 1751 Medium: Engraved copper plate Dimensions: 15 7/16 x 13 in. (39.2 x 33 cm) Classification: Plates Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921 Accession Number: 21.55.2 Learn more about this artwork How Engravings are Made An illustrated explainer. Hogarth starkly contrasts Beer Street, which associates the traditional English beverage with order, industry, construction, and even gentle amorousness, to collapsing buildings and social order in Gin Lane.Clearly, this cheap, foreign, potent alcoholic beverage is having the same pernicious effects in eighteenth-century London as the smoking of opium later had in nineteenth-century China.
