Liquid Bewitchment: Gin Drinking in England, 1700–1850 via The Public Domain Review [Shared]

Liquid Bewitchment: Gin Drinking in England, 1700–1850 via The Public Domain Review

The introduction of gin to England was a delirious and deleterious affair, as tipplers reported a range of effects: loss of reason, frenzy, madness, joy, and death. With the help of prints by George Cruikshank, William Hogarth, and others, James Brown enters the architecture of intoxication — dram shops, gin halls, barbershops — exploring the spaces that catered to pleasure or evil, depending who you asked.

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