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Beer Street

Beer Street

Item Information

Title:
Beer Street
Description:
A flourishing urban scene with well fed citizens. In the foreground, butchers, fish wives and a City of London porter hold large tankards of beer. The steeple resembles St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Artist:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Publisher:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Name on Item:
Design'd by W. Hogarth.
Date:
February 1, 1751
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Engravings
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
William Hogarth (1697-1764). Prints
Subjects:
City & town life
Seduction
Crowds
Beer
Places:
England > London > Covent Garden
Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Extent:
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 40 x 33 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5138js95q
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[William Hogarth]
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Paulson: 185
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Paulson, Ronald. "Hogarth's Graphic Works." The Print Room, 1989, London.
Notes (object):
Third state. The blacksmith is holding a shoulder of mutton and the pavior is making advances to a girl.
Identifier:
18_06_000038
Barcode:
36666003800329