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Based on the marks underneath the frame mat, the image and text were printed on this paper.
The outdoor scene displays the ways in which alcohol can appropriate a community including
homicide, starvation, and sloth. The verses under the image condemn spirits, specifically gin.Label Type
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Gin Lane was designed by the William Hogarth. The artist was born in 1697 in London, England.
Hogarth began his career as an engraver and became a painter after taking drawing classes in an art
academy. He grew successful in both fields and was appointed sergeant painter to the king. He died at
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Hogarth designed Gin Lane as a commentary on the gin-drinking craze in England which led to
extensive drunkenness and a decline in public morals. Gin Lane was created by etching, a printmaking
technique in which lines on a copper plate are incised using acid.