Hogarth's 'Gin Lane' and 'Beer Street'

The original intention of this paper was to draw on the link between art and medicine through the appreciation of a pair of prints created by Hogarth in 1750. This was done firstly, by viewing them as a direct health promotional campaign to curb alcoholism, and secondly, by studying Hogarth's use of the depiction of disease as a means to achieve this. However, in analysing his motivation another more permanent link, still resonant in today's society, was revealed - that between health and social structure.