Beer street [graphic]Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmakerpublish'd according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.eng"A flourishing urban scene with well fed citizens; in the foreground, butchers, fish wives and a City of London porter hold large tankards of beer; a butcher lifts a joint of meat into the air with one hand; in the background, paviours repair the street, chairmen carry a stout lady, tailors sew in a well lit attic, builders work on the roof of a house clad with scaffolding, and a warehouseman hauls a barrel to an upper storey - all are drinking beer; poverty appears only in the ragged coat of the artist painting the tavern sign and, more particularly, in the collapsing house of "N Pinch Pawn Broker"."--British Museum online catalogueTitle engraved above image.State from Paulson.Companion print: Gin Lane."Price 1s."-- Lower right corner of plate.Four lines of verse in each of three columns etched below image, beginning: "Beer, happy Produce of our Isle, Can sinewy Strength impart ..."Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand centered above two impressions: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 312.On page 153 in volume 2.