The night frolic from a design of Hogarth's pud. (39) Strand. [graphic][1766?]engA copy after Hogarth's The search night: a couple interrupted in flagrante by the night watch, she lying on the ground at right with dishevelled clothing, he held back on the left, with his breeches undone; a censorious old woman on the far left; a watchman on the right holding up a lantern, illuminating the pillory behindTitle etched below image.Publisher based on address.Design is a questionable attribution to Hogarth, but Paulson is inclined to accept as an early work by Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 245.1766 date from Nichols, Genuine works, vol.2, p. 239, according to Lewis Walpole local card catalogue record.Trimmed sheet.On page 200 in volume 2.