File:GinLane.jpg
The accompanying poem, printed on the bottom, reads:
- Gin, cursed Fiend, with Fury fraught,
- Makes human Race a Prey.
- It enters by a deadly Draught
- And steals our Life away.
- Virtue and Truth, driv'n to Despair
- Its Rage compells to fly,
- But cherishes with hellish Care
- Theft, Murder, Perjury.
- Damned Cup! that on the Vitals preys
- That liquid Fire contains,
- Which Madness to the heart conveys,
- And rolls it thro' the Veins.
Français : La rue du Gin. Gravure accompagnée d'un poème dans sa première édition.
Traduction du poème:
- "Le gin, maudit démon, empli de furie,
- Fait de la race humaine une proie.
- Il rentre en une gorgée mortelle,
- Et vole a vie,
- La Vertu et la vérité, menées au désespoir,
- Sa rage les fait fuir,
- Mais il chérit avec un attention infernale,
- Le vol, le meurtre et le parjure.
- Maudite coupe, qui happe les vivants,
- Ce liquide contient un feu,
- Dont il mène la folie au coeur,
- Et et le guide dans les veines."
| Date |
February 1751 date QS:P571,+1751-02-00T00:00:00Z/10 |
| Medium |
Etching and line engraving on paper |
| Dimensions |
height: 374 mm (14.72 in); width: 318 mm (12.51 in) dimensions QS:P2048,374U174789 dimensions QS:P2049,318U174789 |
| Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
| Current location |
British XVIIIc Mounted Roy |
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| Object history |
Bequeathed by: Felix Slade in 1868 |
| Inscriptions |
Lettered with title, verses at the foot beginning "Gin cursed Fiend ...", other text within image, and publication details "Design'd by W. Hogarth/Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt Feb.1.1751./ Price 1s." |
| Notes |
Print made by William Hogarth. The print was published in London as a pair to 'Beer Street' in February 1751 |
| References |
- Paulson, Ronald, Hogarth's Graphic Works: third edition, London, 1989
- Paulson, Ronald, Hogarth's graphic works: first complete edition, New Haven, 1965
- Stephens, Frederic George; George, Mary Dorothy, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, 11 vols, London, BMP, 1870
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See also Image:William Hogarth - Beer Street.jpg.
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