Douglas E. Welch<p>Liquid Bewitchment: Gin Drinking in England, 1700–1850 via The Public Domain Review [Shared]</p><p>The introduction of gin to England was a delirious and deleterious affair, as tipplers reported a range of effects: loss of reason, frenzy, madness, joy, and death. With the help of prints by George Cruikshank, William Hogarth, and others, James Brown enters the architecture of intoxication — dram shops, gin halls, barbershops — exploring the spaces that catered to pleasure or evil, depending who you asked.</p><p><a href="https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/03/02/liquid-bewitchment-gin-drinking-in-england-1700-1850-via-the-public-domain-review-shared/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">welchwrite.com/blog/2025/03/02</span><span class="invisible">/liquid-bewitchment-gin-drinking-in-england-1700-1850-via-the-public-domain-review-shared/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/publicdomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicdomain</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/hogarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hogarth</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/england" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>england</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>london</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/gin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gin</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alcohol</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/shared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shared</span></a></p>