Contrasts in drinking of alcoholic beverages: a tavern from 1553 is contrasted with a gin-palace of 1847, temperance with drunkenness, and luxury with poverty. Lithograph by Luke Limner (John Leighton).
- Limner, Luke, 1822-1912.
- Date:
- [1847]
- Reference:
- 35846i
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"Poverty" is represented by a man in the Andover Union workhouse, in Andover, Hampshire, where maltreatment of the residents and corruption by the master had come to light in 1845
Publication/Creation
[London] : [Ackermann], [1847]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph
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Old tavern. Gin palace. Member of the Temperance Society. Member of an intemperance society. Luxury. Poverty.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 35846i
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