Gin Lane · Crime and Punishment Ballads

Title: Gin Lane
Description: A scene of urban desolation with gin-crazed Londoners, notably a woman who lets her child fall to its death and an emaciated ballad-seller; in the background is the tower of St George's Bloomsbury; in this state, the child's face has been changed so that the face is wizened and the eyes sunken.
Creator: William Hogarth (English, 1697 - 1764)
Date: 1751
Rights: This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or less.
Source: British Museum
Original Format: Etched/engraved print on paper
Extent: Height: 387 millimetres
Width: 321 millimetres (plate)