Beer street [graphic]Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmakerpublish'd according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.eng"A flourishing urban scene with well fed citizens; in the foreground, butchers, fish wives and a City of London porter hold large tankards of beer; a butcher lifts a skinny Frenchman into the air with one hand; in the background, paviours repair the street, chairmen carry a stout lady, tailors sew in a well lit attic, builders work on the roof of a house clad with scaffolding, and a warehouseman hauls a barrel to an upper storey - all are drinking beer; poverty appears only in the ragged coat of the artist painting the tavern sign and, more particularly, in the collapsing house of "N Pinch Pawn Broker"--British Museum online catalogueTitle engraved above image.State from Paulson.Companion print: Gin Lane."Price 1s"-- Lower right corner of plate.Four lines of verse iin each of three columns etched below image, beginning: "Beer, happy Produce of our Isle, Can sinewy Strength impart ..."1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.9 x 32.4 cm, on sheet 59 x 46 cm.Plate 74 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.