Night [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Night [graphic]
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [25 March 1738]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
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The fourth print in the series "Four Times of the Day" is set at the intersection of Rummer Court and Charing Cross. Le Sueur's equestrian statue of Charles I can be seen in the background. It is the anniversary of the Restoration of Charles II (29 May, known as "Oak Apple Day"). In the foreground a drunken freemason (probably the corrupt magistrate Sir Thomas De Veil) is supported by a serving man. Behind them a man pours gin into a keg. To the left a barber is seen at work through a window; each pane of the shop window contains a lit candle. From a window above the barber shop, a chamber pot is being emptied onto the top of a wooden shelter under which a man and woman sleep. Beside them, a link boy crouches as he blows on the flame of his torch. Behind and to the right of the freemason, the Salisbury Flying Coach has crashed and overturned while trying to avoid a bonfire in the middle of the street; the passengers reach out the window of the coach, alarmed looks on their faces.Two men look on, one of whom appears to be a butcher. Shop and tavern signs include the barber's which is decorated with oak leaves and advertises "Shaving Bleeding & Teeth Drawn wth. a Touch Ecce Signum"; the Rummer Tavern; the Earl of Cardigan; and, the Bagnio and the New Bagnio
- Description
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Title engraved below image.
State from Paulson.
1 print : engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 48.7 x 40.4 cm, on sheet 56 x 45 cm.
Leaf 25 in: Album of William Hogarth prints. - Provenance
- Gift of Richard Greenberg; May 2015.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 489 x 417 mm, on sheet 613 x 472 mm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Edition
- [State 2].
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
- Collection Title
- Plate 25. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 25. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
- Collection Date
- [England], [1732-1764] [England], [not after 1753]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1738
Engravings England London 1738 - Material
- engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Great Britain.
England. - Subject (Name)
- De Veil, Thomas, Sir, 1684-1746
- Subject (Topic)
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Liquor laws
Freemasons
Jacobites
Accidents
Barbering
Butchers
Carriages & coaches
City & town life
Children
Fires
Intoxication
Liquor
Prostitution
Sleeping
Signs (Notices)
Taverns (Inns) - Subjects
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De Veil, Thomas, Sir, 1684-1746 > Caricatures and cartoons
Liquor laws > Great Britain
Freemasons > England
Jacobites > England
Accidents
Barbering
Butchers
Carriages & coaches
City & town life
Children
Fires
Intoxication
Liquor
Prostitution
Sleeping
Signs (Notices)
Taverns (Inns)
England > 1738
England > London > 1738
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909 > Ownership
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Ownership
Greenberg, Richard > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9885302
- Object ID (OID)
- 33228422