Artist: William Hogarth FRSA (1697 – 1764). English painter and printmaker.
Title: Night.
Dimensions: Image 17 3/8" x 14 1/2". Plate 19 1/4 x 16". Sheet 24 3/4 x 18 3/4". Frame 28 1/4" x 25"
Date: Posthumous impression. Presumably, XIX century.
Materials and Techniques: Engraving on a thick wove paper. New Victorian Style frame.
Condition: One small (about 1 inch) tear from the top.
Signed, titled, and proofed by the publisher in the plate, below the image: "Invented Painted Engraved & Published by Wm. Hogarth March. 25. 1738. According to Act of Parnt."
Part of: "Four Times of The Day", set of four plates (Morning, Day, Evening, and Night), first published by Hogarth in 1738.
Museums: The British Museum 1880,1113.2803.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: British School XVIII C. British School XIX C.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.