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On Display: House - Vauxhall Room
Print (Etching)
A MIDNIGHT MODERN CONVERSATION
William Hogarth
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
William Hogarth (Painter and etcher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1975.0219
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Gordon A. Rust
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Complete Details
Object Number
1975.0219
Object Name
Print (Etching)
Title
A MIDNIGHT MODERN CONVERSATION
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
William Hogarth (Painter and etcher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom center beneath title
Inscription: W.\m Hogarth Inv.\t & Sculp.\t
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Genre scene
- Social/political commentary
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Etched with burin work
- Engraved
Dimensions (inches)
13.5625 (H) x 18.25 (W) x 12.875 (Image H) x 16.625 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
34.449 (H) x 46.355 (W) x 32.703 (Image H) x 42.227 (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
W. Hogarth
Place of Publication
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
W. Hogarth
Edition State
II
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