Gin Lane is a print issued in 1751 by William Hogarth (1697 – 1764) an English painter, printmaker, in support of what would become the Gin Act. It depicts the evils of the consumption of gin

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Gin Lane is a print issued in 1751 by William Hogarth (1697 – 1764) an English painter, printmaker, in support of what would become the Gin Act. It depicts the evils of the consumption of gin

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License: Licensed
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