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- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1751.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 74. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 51. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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 catalogue
- Description:
- Title 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., and Plate 74 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Beer, Bricklayers, Butchers, Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Eating & drinking, Fishmongers, Occupations, Painters (Tradespeople), Street vendors, Tailors, Taverns (Inns), and Usury
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Beer street [graphic]