In two columns with title above both and the woodcut in the text of the first column; the columns are separated by ornaments and surrounded by a border., First column begins with 10 items in "Rules to be kept by the Society" and the sermon begins: "Beloved, let me crave your reverend attention,", Text above woodcut: Why should the drunkard strive his acts to smother, drink runs but from one hogshead to another., Imprint below second column., Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Mounted on leaf 35. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
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 ... the root of all evil is drunkenness!
Alternative Title:
Gin Lane
Description:
Title from letterpress text above image., Title engraved below image: Gin Lane. "Hogarth" engraved above image., Imprint engraved below image., "Price one penny plain, two-pence coloured."--Bottom of letterpress sheet., Marks was active at this Smithfield address from 1832 until his death in 1855. See British Museum online catalogue., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by J.L. Marks, 91 Long Lane, Smithfield
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Alcoholism, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Gin, and Intoxication
