William Hogarth
A Midnight Modern Conversation

A Midnight Modern Conversation

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A Midnight Modern Conversation
ArtistEnglish, 1697–1764
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • A Midnight Modern Conversation
DateMarch 1732/1733
MediumEngraving and etching on laid paper, state II/III
DimensionsPlate: 13 9/16 × 18 1/2 in. (34.4 × 47 cm)
 Sheet: 18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)
Credit LineGift of Julie T. Dokell
Object number2014.907.26
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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance[Spencer A. Samuels and Company, New York, by 1984]; Edward Joseph Hudson, New York, 1984-mid-late 1980s; given to Julie T. Dokell, Houston, mid-late 1980s-2014; given to MFAH, by 2014.
Exhibition History"The Rowdy London of William Hogarth: Engravings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 11—April 1, 1984.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed bottom center below image:A MIDNIGHT MODERN CONVERSATION / Wm.Hogarth Im. Pinxt & Sculpt.
Printed bottom below image left: Think not to find one meant Resemblance there / We lash the Vices but the Persons spare
Prints should be prizd as Authors should be read
Printed bottom below image right: Who sharply smile prevailing Folly dead
So Rabilaes Laught & so Cervantes Thought / So Nature dictated what Art has Taught.
Catalogue raisonnéPaulson 128

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