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A drunken party with men smoking, sleeping and falling to the floor. Engraving by W. Hogarth.
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Date
- [1732/1733]
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Credit: A drunken party with men smoking, sleeping and falling to the floor. Engraving by W. Hogarth. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Description
On the table is a tobacco label for "Freemans Best"
One man has two papers in his pocket: the "London Journall" and "The Craftsman"
The original is probably the painting now in the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art)
Publication/Creation
[London] : [publisher not identified], [1732/1733]
Physical description
1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 32.8 x 45.8 cm
Contributors
Lettering
A midnight modern conversation Wm. Hogarth invt. pinxt & sculpt. Think not to find one meant resemblance there...
Publications note
R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, 3 ed., London 1989, p.84 [128]
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 39145i
Lettering note
Lettering continues: we lash the vices but the persons spare Prints should be prizd as Authors should be read Who sharply smile prevailing folly dead So Rabilaes laught, & so Cervantes thought so nature dictated what art has taught
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Languages
- English
- Latin