'Anacreontick's in full Song', 1801. Artist: James Gillray
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'Anacreontick's in full Song', 1801. Artist: James Gillray

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'Anacreontick's in full Song', 1801. A scene of drunkenness and excess; the man in the foreground smoking a pipe has extremely swollen legs, a result of gout, associated with heavy drinking. Other men sing, laugh, or read. A pile of empty bottles lies in the corner, with a spittoon and broken pipes.The clock, with hats either side, shows twenty-to-four, possibly in the morning. To the left is a portrait of Anacreon, the Greek poet whose work inspired the formation of the The Anacreontic Society which was, in fact, very fashionable and the Prince Regent was a member.

Date

1801

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A93_128

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NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,9Mo (5,0Mo) / 40,0cm x 31,3cm / 4720 x 3697 (300dpi)

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