1751
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Gin Lane is a 1751 ink by William Hogarth, a Romanticism work, depicting Drinking, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a crowded and dirty street scene. It's a critique of excessive drinking. The people in the scene are shown in different stages of intoxication, which was a social issue at the time. Check out the technique: etching, a method where the artist scratches a design into a metal plate, to learn more about how this image was created.
William Hogarth (; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, satirist, cartoonist and writer.
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