Gin Lane mb-code 1238245 some on the back of

some on the back of camels

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

Fire screens kept the heat of an open fire off your face while allowing you to warm the rest of your body

Que les Anglaises sont Betes'

Gin Lane mb-code 1238245 some on the back of'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