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Creator:
Print made by William Hogarth, born in London, England, 1697; active in England; died in London, England, 1764
after William Hogarth, born in London, England, 1697; active in England; died in London, England, 1764
Title:
Beer Street
Date:
1751
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 26 1/8 × 19 3/8 inches (66.4 × 49.2 cm), Plate: 15 3/8 × 13 inches (39.1 × 33 cm), Image: 14 × 12 inches (35.6 × 30.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "62453 | J."; lower right: "1930.163"; inscribed on verso, lower center: "1930.163"; lower right: "961"

Stamped mark on verso, lower right: Yale University Gallery of Fine Art

Lettered above image, upper center: "BEER STREET."; inside image, upper left: "Health to the Barley Mow | -AN CALVAR- | BEST BUTT- | B"; center right: "N PINCH PAWN BROKER."; lower left: "The Daily | Advertiser"; lower left: "His Majesty's | Most Gracious | SPEECH | to both Houses of | PARLIAMENT | on Tuesday ye 29 | Day of November | 1748 | Let me earnestly | recomend to you | the Advancement | of Our Commerce | and cultivating | the Arts of Peace | in which you may | depend on My | hearty Concur- | rence and Encou- | ragement."; lower right: "A New Ballad | on the Herring | Fishery | by Mr. Lockman"; lower right: "Modern Tragedys Vol. 2 | Hill on Royal Societies | Turnbul on Art, Painting | Politicks Vol. 9999 | Lauder on Milton" lower right: "For Mr. Paston | the Trunkmaker | in Pauls Ch: Yd:."; below image, lower center: "Beer, happy Produce of our Isle | Can sinewy Strength impart, | And wearied with Fatigue and Toil | Can chear each manly Heart. | Labour and Art upheld by Thee | Successfully advance, | We quaff Thy balmy Juice with Glee | And Water leave to France. | Genius of Health, thy grateful Taste | Rivals the Cup of Jove, | And warms each English generous Breast | With Liberty and Love."; lower left: "Design'd by W. Hogarth"; lower center: "Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Feb. 1. 1751."; lower right: "Price 1 s."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale Univesrity Art Gallery
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1994.4.514
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
beer | caricature | cityscape | genre subject
Access:
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40001
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