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https://physiology.oberlincollegelibrary.org/files/original/1a9fdb94b4e6141fedbbac98c3f4f1b4.jpg 782050fa5b6b2620a5fe68b2c05d7ee7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gin Lane Description An account of the resource Many of William Hogarth’s prints call attention to social ills within 18th-century British society, thereby paving the way for healing. Here, Hogarth represents the dire effects of gin consumption, which had risen steeply in the first decades of the 18th century. The print represents February 1, 1751, a day in one of London’s poorer neighborhoods, where every group, from the elderly to infants, is addicted to the substance and devastated by the consequences. In the middle ground, a woman in a wheelbarrow—no longer able to support her own cup—is served by supposed nurses who “charitably” assist her. Penury awaits everyone as figures pawn their last possessions. Gin is the cause of suicide (at right) and civic neglect (a house falls down in the middle distance), Hogarth argues. Children are neglected, abandoned, and killed. Paired with the print Beer Street, in which Hogarth envisions a healthy society that consumes a national and nutritional beverage, Gin Lane successfully helped to raise awareness of the necessity for civic regulations in the sale of gin, which came under increasing control that same year. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource William Hogarth English, 1697–1764 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://allenartcollection.oberlin.edu/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/id/15672">Allen Memorial Art Museum</a>, <span>Annie A. Wager Bequest</span> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1751 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Alexis Reed Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Etching and engraving Image: 15 3/8 × 12 13/16 in. (39.1 × 32.5 cm) Sheet: 24 13/16 × 18 7/8 in. (63 × 48 cm) Type The nature or genre of the resource Print Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1975.228