A Midnight Modern Conversation
William Hogarth · March 1732/33 · Etching and engraving selectively printed in black and red on ivory laid paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
A Midnight Modern Conversation is a public-domain illustration by William Hogarth, dated March 1732/33. Etching and engraving selectively printed in black and red on ivory laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“A Midnight Modern Conversation” (March 1732/33) is a Hogarth subject: a scene of contemporary life, usually an engraving, meant to be read for what the people are doing.
About the artist
William Hogarth (1697–1764) was an English painter and engraver of modern moral subjects. Series such as A Harlot’s Progress and Marriage A-la-Mode tell one story across several plates.
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