1-272-855 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Notes by William Hogarth, c1751. Notes on his intentions in designing the prints of 'Beer Street' of 'Gin Lane' and of 'The Four Stages of Cruelty', published in 1751. From the second series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V. (London, 1899).