Gin Craze
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In the first half of the 18th century, the consumption of gin increased rapidly in Great Britain, especially in London. This so-called Gin Craze was the result of legislation that encouraged domestic
Gin Lane by William Hogarth, 1751; it depicts what was by then considered a "drug crisis".
A satirical print on marriage from 1751; the husband wears a padlock on his neck marked 'Wedlock,' and his wife drinks a large glass of gin.
William III of England
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William III and II, also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672,
Gin Craze
…Gin was popularised in England following the accession of William of Orange in 1688. Gin provided an alternative to French brandy at a time of both political and religious conflict between Britain and France. Between 1689 and…
Portrait, c. 1690
William inspects the Dutch Waterline
William's parents, William II of Orange and Mary, Princess Royal, 1647
The young prince portrayed by Jan Davidsz de Heem and Jan Vermeer van Utrecht within a flower garland filled with symbols of the House of Orange-Nassau, c. 1660