East Urban Home 'Gin Lane' Painting Print
Colourblack,gray,white
Size
Any Size
100 cm H x 70 cm W
100.0 H x 70.0 W x 0.2 D cm
40 cm H x 30 cm W
40.0 H x 30.0 W x 0.2 D cm
50 cm H x 40 cm W
50.0 H x 40.0 W x 0.2 D cm
70 cm H x 50 cm W
70.0 H x 50.0 W x 0.2 D cm
Mini (Under 40cm High)
1 Stores
First seen in May 2021
Description
The scene of this painting is the St Giles slums. A child falls to its death from the arms of its drunk mother who sits with ulcerated legs. A skeletal figure holds an empty glass. Goods are being pawned in order to buy gin, a baby is being fed with gin and a corpse is put into a coffin in the background.The pawnbroker, distiller and undertaker are the only well-off and successful people in the neighbourhood. Third of four states of plate. This print was published in support of a campaign directed against gin drinking among London's poor. Consumption of cheap spirits by the poor had soared in the early eighteenth century, with dire social consequences. Gin inspires violence and careless inebriation. Addiction to spirits leads to negligence, poverty and death. It is produced on 280gsm fine art paper designed for museum-quality reproductions. The paper has a gently textured matt surface making it especially well suited for giclée reproductions of art prints and paintings. Size: 40 cm H x 30 cm W
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