Envelope illustrated on the left with scenes of drunkenness taken from the William Hogarth print "Gin Lane" (1751) and on the right, a scene of sobriety, a couple at home surrounded by two small children, one of whom is in cradle at their feet with a ...
Alternative Title:
Intoxicating drinks are the bane and curse of society
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Agents Paton & Ritchie, Ednir.; William Tweedle, 337 Strand, London; William Bremner, 11 Market Street, Manchester
Plate lettered in the top center 'M': Reverse copies of details of the upper bodies of four figures in the first plate of Hogarth's Election Entertainment. Each figure is numbered: 1. The tailor's wife; 2. The tailor; 3. The man trying to bribe him; 4...
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Children, Families, Political elections, Spouses, Tailors, and Taverns (Inns)
