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C1822
A Midnight Modern Conversation
Artist:
In this work the Hogarth humorously satirises the activities that took place in the drinking clubs that had sprung up in early eighteenth-century London to cater to a male clientele drawn from the middle and professional classes.
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Full Title:
A Midnight Modern Conversation
Date:
C1822
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
470mm
x 350mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1822
Description:
In this work the Hogarth humorously satirises the activities that took place in the drinking clubs that had sprung up in early eighteenth-century London to cater to a male clientele drawn from the middle and professional classes.
William Hogarth (1697 - 1794)
Hogarth was born in London, the son of an unsuccessful schoolmaster and writer from Westmoreland. After apprenticeship to a goldsmith, he began to produce his own engraved designs from 1710. He later took up oil painting, starting with small portrait groups called conversation pieces. He went on to create a series of paintings satirising contemporary customs, but based on earlier Italian prints, of which the first was ‘The Harlot’s Progress’ (1731), and perhaps the most famous ‘The Rake’s Progress’. His engravings were so plagiarised that he lobbied for the Copyright Act of 1735 as protection for writers and artists.
