William Hogarth
Time Smoking a Picture

ArtistEnglish, 1697–1764
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Time Smoking a Picture
DateMarch 1761
MediumEtching and mezzotint
Dimensions246 × 183 mm
Plate or block: 9 5/8 × 7 1/4 in. (24.4 × 18.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 15/16 in. (26.7 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1983.5.92
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Andrew Edmunds, London]; purchased by Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1983.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscriptions: on picture frame: Crates____ OD@<@l ("D`< JgPJT( F@n@l, / UB"

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