A satire on gin drinking in which all the male figures have been given the heads of monkeys and the women those of cats. A group of drinkers are in a cellar, lit by an overhead lantern and dominated by a large barrel set on bricks, a man sprawls on top of the barrel smoking and pouring gin from a flask into a glass. Another man in the foreground with a pipe in his mouth, seen from behind, holds a pitcher, both look at a woman in a ragged apron standing beside the barrel who leans on a stick and vomits. She is supported from behind by a man holding a large smoking candle. Another man with a wooden leg and a crutch stands to right looking at the scene. On the other side of the barrel another woman crouches on the floor and vomits, she is supported behind by a vomiting man who wears a badge on a chain around his neck. In the background on the left are a man with a crutch and a woman sitting by a barrel table, and on the right a woman stands behind a low counter pouring a drink, and two men are drinking. Etching and engraving. Date: circa 1730. Dimensions: Height: 376 mm (trimmed at top); Width: 310 mm (trimmed). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Print, satirical print (BM 1866,0407.51)
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