Object Number 1975.0219

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

A MIDNIGHT MODERN CONVERSATION

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Gordon A. Rust

Creator (Role)

William Hogarth (Painter and etcher)
1697-10/26/1764

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center beneath title; W.\m Hogarth Inv.\t & Sculp.\t

Subjects

Genre scene; Social/political commentary

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched with burin work, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

13.5625 (H) , 18.25 (W) , 12.875 (Image H) , 16.625 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.449 (H) , 46.355 (W) , 12.875 (Image H) , 16.625 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate measurements not available; trimmed within platemarks. Chain intervals: 3.2-3.3 cm; 7 laid lines per cm. Measurements of frame: H (at left) 18.0 in. (45.72 cm); W (at bottom) 22.75 in. (57.79 cm); D (at bottom left) 1.125 in. (2.86 cm).

Publisher Summary

Hogarth, William

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 62, pp. 160-1.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 113, pp. 178-9.
[Book] Paulson, Ronald. 1965 Hogarth's Graphic Works. 1.
• Published: no. 128, pp. 150-2.
[Book] Fuchs, Ronald W. & Howard, David Sanctuary. 2005 Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. 208 p.
• Published: p. 106 (detail)
[Catalogue] 2007 Christie's (sales catalogue).
• Liverpool delft bowl with same interior scene and with European landscape panels on exterior: London, Benjamin F. Edwards III sale, January 26, 2010, lot 374. Ex coll John Philip Kassebaum (photocopy in Registrar's file)
[Catalogue] Loesch, Anette, et al. 1998 Porcelain Collection in the Dresden Zwinger: Guide to the Permanent Collection.
• Meissen porcelain bowl (c. 1760) with painted enamel version of same scene: pp. 192-93, with German ownership history