publish'd according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
Call Number:
Sotheby 68++ Box 315
Collection Title:
Plate 74. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 51. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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 skinny Frenchman 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 catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., State from Paulson., Companion print: Gin Lane., "Price 1s"-- Lower right corner of plate., and Four lines of verse iin each of three columns etched below image, beginning: "Beer, happy Produce of our Isle, Can sinewy Strength impart ..."
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Beer, Bricklayers, Butchers, Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Eating & drinking, Fishmongers, Occupations, Painters (Tradespeople), Street vendors, Tailors, Taverns (Inns), and Usury
