"Scene in an irregularly shaped cul-de-sac, placarded Gin Court and surrounded by gin-shops, with bow-fronted windows filled with bottles, &c. One fish-wife has just struck down another; each has a second, that of the victor a man (left), the other a ...
Alternative Title:
Battle of Agincourt
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
[...] T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by G.E. Madeley, 3 Wellington St., Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Alcoholic beverages, Commercial streets, and Fighting
A copy after Hogarth's print "Gin Lane" that first issued in 1751, with seven lines of text in letterpress below image warning of the evils of drinking gin: "The sin of drunkenness expels reason, drowns memory, distempers the body, defaces beauty ... ...
Alternative Title:
Gin Lane
Description:
Title from letterpress text above image.
Publisher:
Published by J.L. Marks, 91 Long Lane, Smithfield
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Alcoholism, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Gin, and Intoxication
