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William Hogarth's "Gin Lane" is


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an image of London blighted by alcohol

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Hogarth created Gin Lane and its companion Beer Street in support of what became the Gin Act of 1751, a UK Act of the Parliament passed to reduce the uncontrolled production and sale of cheap gin. The prints were sold inexpensively in order to reach as wide an audience as possible.

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A print issued in 1751 in support of what would become the Gin Act. Depicting the evils of the consumption of gin.
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