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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Beer Street and Gin Lane

I thought this was a nice companion to the dangers of gin:


BeerStreet



GinLane

Beer Street and Gin Lane, William Hogarth.
Gin Lane 1751, Beer Street 1759 (Second Issue)


My favorite part (the punctum!) is the falling baby. His body is all kinds of disproportionate. I also admire the dramatically flapping clothes around his body.

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