Perfumed elegance alongside stinking poverty will be shown at Kingston Museum next month, in an exhibition of work by William Hogarth, the artist who won immortal fame with his searing depictions of life in 18th century London.
The exhibition (Silk, Squalor and Scandal - Hogarth’s London) will be on loan from the Southwark’s Cuming Museum from January 23 until April 10.
Hogarth’s output ranged from society portraits to brilliantly satirical print series, but today he is best known for engravings showing the shockingly debauched side of London in his lifetime.
More than 20 of these will be shown in Kingston, including this famous view of Gin lane in 1751. Its most shocking feature is the drunken mother who heedlessly lets her breast-feeding baby fall to its death.
For more information call 020 8547 6460 or visit kingston.gov.uk/museum submitted image sent to pictures.
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