"A re-issue of BM Satires 2277 referring to the Gin Act of 1736; the only alteration being the reference to the Act of 1751."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from banner at top of image., Title above image: To those meloncholly sufferers (by a severe act) the distillers this plate is most humbly inscrib'd by a lover of trade., Original 1736 imprint in upper right corner burnished from plate., Five columns of verse below image: Gins fun'ral mourn, lo! near the body, in ragged state moves rueful Loddy* ..., Temporary local subject terms: Bills: bill restricting sale of spirits, June 25, 1751 -- Buildings: warehouse -- Warehouses: liquor warehouse -- Signs: 'Green man and still' -- Street scenes: St. Giles's Street, London -- Processions -- Acts: Gin Act, 1736 -- Funerals -- Emblems: gin -- Cemetaries -- Beggars -- Architectural details: balcony -- Wagons -- Artists -- Drunkenness -- Poverty., For further information consult library staff., and Mounted to 33 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill, London
