Gin Lane mb-code 1238245 Clerkenwell'

Clerkenwell'

who have revenged themselves by hanging him by the breeches on a meat-hook

The giant figures of Gog and Magog wink slyly to one another in the background

Westminster Hall

This view from the south shows Lambeth Palace Road in the foreground

Gin Lane mb-code 1238245 Clerkenwell''Gin Lane', 1751. The scene 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, 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