Discussion
Identify the printer credited for issuing the two prints, 'Beer Street' and 'Gin Lane' :
Answer: B
'Beer Street' and 'Gin Lane' are credited to William Hogarth.
Hogarth issued the two prints in 1751 to support the campaign against gin drinking that led to the Gin Act of that year. 'Gin Lane' shows a street of ruin and death, while 'Beer Street' shows healthy, prosperous beer drinkers. The stem calls him a printer, though he was an engraver and painter.
'Richard Hogarth' was the artist's father, a schoolmaster. Joshua Reynolds was a portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy, and Michelangelo was a Renaissance artist. Neither produced these satirical prints.
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