In a lady's bedchamber a young woman struggles as a man pulls her towards him clutching at her dress. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1736, after himself.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Date:
Decm:br: ye: 15th 1736
Reference:
38348i
Part of:
Before and after
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Before

Description

Left, a painting of Cupid pointing to a rising rocket, inscribed "Before". On the woman's dressing table is a volume identified by inscriptions as "Rochester's poems", while inside the table drawer are a volume of "Novels" and a volume of "The practice of piety" (Lewis Bayly, The practice of pietie, of which an edition advertised as the 58th was published in 1734). A small dog leaps up, overturing a brazier. On a chair, right, is a corset

Publication/Creation

[London] : Wm Hogarth, Decm:br: ye: 15th 1736.

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 37.3 x 30.6 cm.

Lettering

Invented engraved and published Dec:br ye: 15th: 1736 by Wm: Hogarth pursuant to an act of parliament.

Edition

[Paulson's state III].

References note

R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London 1989, 3rd edition, no. 141
Kirsten Tambling, 'John Thomson, Archibald Grant and William Hogarth's "Before" and "After"', The Burlington magazine, 2019, 161: 300-307

Reference

Wellcome Collection 38348i

Notes

Forms a pair with Wellcome Library no. 38349i

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