Gin, originally being a relatively cheap alcoholic beverage, was bought by the poor and contributed to considerable social problems, illustrated by the engraving 'Gin Lane' by Hogarth in 1751. The global deployment of the British Royal Navy led to the renown and wide consumption of the product as, unlike London gin, it could be taken neat. In British India, it was mixed with the tonic water consumed for the anti-malarial properties of quinine, which led to the creation of the Gin and Tonic.