Gin Lane 2016.

A mother and child sit at the top of a flight of steps, eating, next to an archway with a London Transport sign labelled 'Gin Lane'. Behind them is the cityscape of central London, with a pawn brokers and pub in the foreground, and office buildings, construction cranes and the Shard in the background. Commuters and Londoners go about their business.

Gin Lane 2016 is a reimagining of William Hogarth's 1751 cartoon 'Gin Lane'. The London street setting of Hogarth's picture has been modernised, with the Shard in the background, but still centres on a mother and child. The scene reflects public health challenges facing British society in the 21st century. The artist's interpretation notes can be seen on the RSPH website: https://www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/news/gin-lane-2016-iconic-artwork-reimagined-for-the-21st-century.html

[London] : [Royal Society for Public Health], 2016.

1 print : printed in black ink on white paper ; 59.4 x 42.1 cm

Complemented by (work): Gin Lane (b11848066)

Signed in pencil (bottom right recto) Text below the image reads: Poison cursed body with fury fraght / makes human race a prey / It enters by trick and distraction / and steels our life away / Virtue and truth driven to dispair / it's rage compells satisfaction / but cherishes with hellish care, despondency and dejection / Dam'd filth that on the vitals prey / that poison contains which poison and energy deminish / and rolls I through digestion

16/25 [16 in an edition of 25].

Commissioned to commemorate the 160th anniverary of the Royal Society for Public Health.

Wellcome Collection 3147469i