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C1855
The Midnight Conversation
Artist:
William Hogarth (1697 - 1794)
Engraving of Hogarth’s well known engraving on the excesses of drinking.
$A 85
S/N: WINE-003-HOGA-1850–225606
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Full Title:
The Midnight Conversation
Date:
C1855
Artist:
William Hogarth (1697 - 1794)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Engraving.
Image Size:
285mm
x 200mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1855
Description:
Engraving of Hogarth’s well known engraving on the excesses of drinking.
Artist:
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.
